LIQUID-CRYSTAL PHASE-DIAGRAM OF THE GAY-BERNE FLUID BY DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY

Authors
GINZBURG VV GLASER MA CLARK NA
Citation
Vv. Ginzburg et al., LIQUID-CRYSTAL PHASE-DIAGRAM OF THE GAY-BERNE FLUID BY DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY, Liquid crystals, 23(2), 1997, pp. 227-234
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Crystallography
Journal title
Liquid crystals → ACNP
ISSN journal
02678292
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
227 - 234
Database
ISI
SICI code
0267-8292(1997)23:2<227:LPOTGF>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We calculate the liquid crystal phase diagram for a model fluid with G ay-Berne interparticle potential using the Tarazona smoothed-density a pproximation of density functional theory. Vapour, liquid, nematic and smectic A phases are considered. For length to breadth ratio kappa = 3 and energy anisotropy kappa' = 5, comparison with the simulation dat a of de Miguel et al. shows reasonable agreement.