A DETAILED MONTE CARLO INVESTIGATION OF THE TRICRITICAL REGION OF A BIAXIAL LIQUID CRYSTAL SYSTEM

Cesare Chiccoli (), Paolo Pasini (), Franco Semeria () and Claudio Zannoni ()
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Cesare Chiccoli: Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Paolo Pasini: Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Franco Semeria: Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Claudio Zannoni: Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica dell' Università, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1999, vol. 10, issue 02n03, 469-476

Abstract: We study a lattice system of biaxial particles interacting with a second-rank anisotropic potential. We have performed detailed Monte Carlo calculations in the vicinity of the prolate–oblate dual value of molecular biaxiality. Our results confirm the second-order character of the transition in this limiting case.

Keywords: Computer simulations; Liquid crystals; Biaxial nematics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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