A MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATION STUDY OF THE NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC INTERFACE OF A GAY-BERNE LIQUID-CRYSTAL

Authors
BATES MA ZANNONI C
Citation
Ma. Bates et C. Zannoni, A MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS SIMULATION STUDY OF THE NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC INTERFACE OF A GAY-BERNE LIQUID-CRYSTAL, Chemical physics letters, 280(1-2), 1997, pp. 40-45
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
Chemical physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00092614
Volume
280
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
40 - 45
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-2614(1997)280:1-2<40:AMSSOT>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We present a computer simulation stud) of the nematic-isotropic interf ace for a system of elongated molecules interacting via the Gay-Berne intermolecular potential. The simulations suggest that the orientation al ordering at the interface is planar rather than homeotropic or tilt ed. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.