Do thermotropic biaxial nematics exist? A Monte Carlo study of biaxial Gay–Berne particles
We have investigated with extensive Monte Carlo simulations in the isothermal isobaric ensemble a system of N=8192 elongated attractive-repulsive biaxial Gay–Berne (GB) particles. We have found uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases and a biaxial orthogonal smectic phase in this thermotropic model syst...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of chemical physics 2000-10, Vol.113 (14), p.5971-5979 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | We have investigated with extensive Monte Carlo simulations in the isothermal isobaric ensemble a system of N=8192 elongated attractive-repulsive biaxial Gay–Berne (GB) particles. We have found uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases and a biaxial orthogonal smectic phase in this thermotropic model system. |
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| ISSN: | 0021-9606 1089-7690 |
| DOI: | 10.1063/1.1290474 |