Molecular simulation of liquid crystals

MP Allen - Molecular Physics, 2019‏ - Taylor & Francis
This article reviews recent progress in the computer simulation of liquid crystals at the
molecular level. It covers the use of simple rigid-body models of the constituent molecules …

Hybrid-aligned liquid crystal polymers adhered to the polarizing film or doped with dichroic dye for display privacy protection

D Guo, S Chen, X Cong, Q Fan, C Song… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
With the widespread use of electronic display devices such as smartphones and tablets, the
demand for privacy protection has been steadily increasing. While the traditional shutter …

Surface alignment and anchoring transitions in nematic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal

VG Nazarenko, OP Boiko, HS Park, OM Brodyn… - Physical review …, 2010‏ - APS
The surface alignment of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals can not only be planar
(tangential) but also homeotropic, with self-assembled aggregates perpendicular to the …

Confinement of two-dimensional rods in slit pores and square cavities

T Geigenfeind, S Rosenzweig, M Schmidt… - The Journal of …, 2015‏ - pubs.aip.org
Using Monte Carlo simulation, we analyse the behaviour of two-dimensional hard rods in
four different types of geometric confinement:(i) a slit pore where the particles are confined …

Ultraconfined oblate hard particles between hybrid penetrable walls

C Anquetil-Deck, DJ Cleaver, PIC Teixeira - Physical Review E, 2024‏ - APS
We have investigated, by Monte Carlo simulation, the orientational structure of very thin films
of a discotic liquid crystal (DLC) confined between hybrid walls of controllable penetrability …

Structure and interfacial tension of a hard-rod fluid in planar confinement

PE Brumby, HH Wensink, AJ Haslam, G Jackson - Langmuir, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
The structural properties and interfacial tension of a fluid of rodlike hard-spherocylinder
particles in contact with hard structureless flat walls are studied by means of Monte Carlo …

Laser-pointer-induced self-focusing effect in hybrid-aligned dye-doped liquid crystals

J Wang, Y Aihara, M Kinoshita, J Mamiya, A Priimagi… - Scientific reports, 2015‏ - nature.com
Nonlinear optics deals with phenomena where “light controls light”; eg, there is mediation by
an intensity-dependent medium through which light propagates. This field has attracted …

Domain walls in two-dimensional nematics confined in a small circular cavity

D De Las Heras, E Velasco - Soft Matter, 2014‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Using Monte Carlo simulation, we study a fluid of two-dimensional hard rods inside a small
circular cavity bounded by a hard wall, from the dilute regime to the high-density, layering …

Multi-scale micro-structure generation strategy for up-scaling transport in clays

M Tyagi, T Gimmi, SV Churakov - Advances in water resources, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Clays and claystones are used as backfill and barrier materials in the design of waste
repositories, because they act as hydraulic barriers and retain contaminants. Transport …

Orientational properties of the HGO system in a slit geometry in two-dimensional and three-dimensional case from Monte-Carlo simulations and Onsager theory …

A Chrzanowska - Liquid Crystals, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A problem of the orientational and density structure properties of a confined
three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) hard Gaussian overlap ellipsoids has …