Isotropic-nematic phase transition in a system of slightly flexible long thin rods

Toshiya Ohtsuki

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1983, vol. 121, issue 3, 513-522

Abstract: On the basis of Onsager's formalism, the isotropic-nematic phase transition in a system of slightly flexible long thin rods are studied theoretically. The phase diagram and some other physical quantities are calculated and the effects of flexibility are clarified. In particular, it is shown that with increasing flexibility of the rods, the transition density increases and the metastable region of each phase becomes wide.

Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(83)90006-7

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