Extensive molecular field theoretical investigation of thermotropic biaxial nematics composed of board-like (D2h) molecules in the partially repulsive regime of orientational interactions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.10.093
Abstract: Abstract A recently proposed molecular-field approach, based on the formulation of an approximate, analytical orientational partition function to describe the thermodynamic properties of D2h thermotropic biaxial nematics governed by fully attractive orientational interactions (G. Celebre,… read more here.
Keywords: thermotropic biaxial; molecular field; biaxial nematics; orientational interactions ... See more keywords
Biaxial nematics of hard cuboids in an external field.
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DOI: 10.1039/c8sm02283f
Abstract: By computer simulation, we model the phase behaviour of colloidal suspensions of board-like particles under the effect of an external field and assess the still disputed occurrence of the biaxial nematic (NB) liquid crystal phase.… read more here.
Keywords: phase; field; biaxial nematics; external field ... See more keywords