THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION OF MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION AND PHASE TRANSITIONS IN LIQUID CRYSTAL LATTICE MODELS

Cesare Chiccoli, Paolo Pasini, Franco Semeria and Claudio Zannoni
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Cesare Chiccoli: INFN Sezione di Bologna e CNAF, Viale Ercolani 8, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Paolo Pasini: INFN Sezione di Bologna e CNAF, Viale Ercolani 8, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Franco Semeria: INFN Sezione di Bologna e CNAF, Viale Ercolani 8, 40138 Bologna, Italy
Claudio Zannoni: Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, Universitá di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40124 Bologna, Italy

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1992, vol. 03, issue 06, 1209-1220

Abstract: An example of three-dimensional animation of Monte Carlo simulation results of liquid crystal lattice models is presented. Molecular configurations are obtained from Monte Carlo simulations on a VAX cluster and downloaded to a 486 personal computer. Visualization of molecular organizations and of their change at a phase transition is obtained by suitable colour coding of orientations and of other relevant physical information on the personal computer, and recorded on a VHS system using a genlock card. The animation sequences generated have a twofold interest: they are useful for educational purposes and, from a scientific point of view, they provide a tool for exploring a large amount of data and investigating the phenomena under study in a non-numerical way.

Keywords: Animations; Computer Simulations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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