Genre
- Journal Article
Monte Carlo computer simulations were used to investigate the phase behaviour of a Lebwohl-Lasher binary liquid-crystal mixture. A finite-size scaling analysis confirmed the first-order nature of the transition. The calculated nematic-isotopic phase coexistence region and the orientational order parameters for the two species along the phase boundary for a sample system were found to deviate significantly from those predicted by a mean-field theory. Increasing the difference between the isotropic components of the pair-potential of the two species resulted in a broadening of the coexistence region. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.
Univ British Columbia, Dept Chem, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.; Polson, JM, FOM, Inst Atom & Mol Phys, Kruislaan 407, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Source type: Electronic(1)
Language
- English
Subjects
- BEHAVIOR
- MONTE-CARLO
- FLUCTUATIONS
- LATTICE
- Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
- Chemistry, Physical
- 1ST-ORDER MELTING TRANSITION
- COMPUTER-SIMULATION
- LIPID BILAYERS
- ANISOTROPIC SYSTEMS
- POTTS-MODEL