CELL MODEL AND COMPUTER-SIMULATION STUDIES OF LAYERED AND HEXAGONAL STATES OF ALIGNED, HARD DISKS VERSUS RODS

Citation:

SHARLOW MF, SELINGER RLB, Benshaul A, Gelbart WM. CELL MODEL AND COMPUTER-SIMULATION STUDIES OF LAYERED AND HEXAGONAL STATES OF ALIGNED, HARD DISKS VERSUS RODS. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. 1995;99 :2907-2914.

Date Published:

MAR 2

Abstract:

We consider the possibility of smectic and columnar phases in fluids and colloidal suspensions of aligned rods and disks interacting through excluded-volume forces. After briefly reviewing previous work, and applying known cell model techniques to compare the phase behaviors of disks and rods, we present and discuss the results from new Monte Carlo simulations of perfectly oriented rods (spherocylinders) and disks (torocylinders). We conclude tentatively that columnar phases are stable only in the case of disks.

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