A dissipative particle dynamics description of liquid-crystalline phases. I. Methodology and applications |
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Authors: | Levine Yehudi K Gomes Alexandre E Martins Assis Farinha Polimeno Antonino |
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Affiliation: | Computational Biophysics, Debye Institute, Ornstein Laboratory, P.O. Box 80.000, 3508 TA Utrecht, The Netherlands. y.k.levin@phys.uu.nl |
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Abstract: | Simulations of nematic and smectic mesophases based on a dissipative particle dynamics approach are discussed. Mesogenic units are built in the form of standard semirigid bead-spring chains. It is shown that nematic phases can be formed for chains containing at least eight beads, provided that the conservative soft-repulsive potential between nonconnected beads is sufficiently strong. Smectic phases are observed only by modifying the repulsive interaction between the main-chain and terminal beads. The simulations indicate that the smectic-nematic and smectic-isotropic phase transitions take place through the buckling of the smectic layering in the system. |
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