Structure of a liquid crystalline fluid around a macroparticle : density functional theory
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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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.
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Item type: Article ID code: 43535 Dates: DateEventAugust 2006Published3 August 2006Published OnlineSubjects: 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