1 Motivation
Earlier simulations (Renato Lukac 1995) on
Gay-Berne
molecules showed:
Compression
Demixing in a layered (smectic) structure:
rho=0.40
rho=0.56
Note:
at that temperature (1.25) the pure GB fluid does
not
exhibit a smectic phase!
Theory?
Entropic effect / Study using
hard
particles!
F. J. Vesely / University of Vienna
Demixing in a layered (smectic) structure:
Entropic effect /
Study using hard particles!
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F. J. Vesely / University of Vienna