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Elastic properties of the nematic phase in hard ellipsoids of short aspect ratio
Heymans, Sven; Schilling, Tanja
2017In Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 96 (022708)
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Abstract :
[en] We present a Monte Carlo simulation study of suspensions of hard ellipsoids of revolution. Based on the spatial fluctuations of the orientational order, we have computed the Frank elastic constants for prolate and oblate ellipsoids and compared them to the affine transformation model. The affine transformation model predicts the right order of magnitude of the twist and bend constant but not of the splay constant. In addition, we report the observation of a stable nematic phase at an aspect ratio as low as 2.5.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Heymans, Sven ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Physics and Materials Science Research Unit
Schilling, Tanja ;  University of Freiburg > Institute of Physics
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Elastic properties of the nematic phase in hard ellipsoids of short aspect ratio
Publication date :
14 August 2017
Journal title :
Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
ISSN :
1550-2376
Publisher :
American Physical Society, College Park, United States - Maryland
Volume :
96
Issue :
022708
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Focus Area :
Physics and Materials Science
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