Structure of a liquid crystalline fluid around a macroparticle : density functional theory

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Cheung, David and Allen, Michael P. (2006) Structure of a liquid crystalline fluid around a macroparticle : density functional theory. Physical Review E: Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 74 (2). 021701. ISSN 2470-0053 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.021701)

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Abstract

The structure of a molecular liquid, in both the nematic liquid crystalline and isotropic phases, around a cylindrical macroparticle, is studied using density functional theory. In the nematic phase the structure of the fluid is highly anisotropic with respect to the director, in agreement with results from simulation and phenomenological theories. On going into the isotropic phase the structure becomes rotationally invariant around the macroparticle with an oriented layer at the surface.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:43535
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    August 2006
    Published
    3 August 2006
    Published Online
    Subjects:Science > Chemistry
    Department:Faculty of Science > Pure and Applied Chemistry
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:22 Apr 2013 13:15
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 10:23
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/43535
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