Entropy-driven aggregation of adhesion sites of supported membranes |
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Authors: | N Weil and O Farago |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for High-Frequency Technology, Schleinitzstr. 22, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany;(2) Menlo Systems GmbH, Am Klopferspitz 19, Martinsried, 82152, Germany;(3) Physics Department, Philipps University Marburg, Renthof 5, Marburg, 35032, Germany |
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Abstract: | A large number of interesting phenomena related to the insertion of colloidal particles in liquid crystals (LC) have recently
been reported. Here, we investigate effects caused by the addition of spherically shaped ferroelectric nanoparticles to a
nematic liquid crystal. Using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, the density of LC molecules, the orientational order parameter,
and the polar and azimuthal angle profiles are calculated as functions of the distance to the center of the immersed nanoparticle
for different temperatures of the system. We observe that the assembly of ferroelectric nanoparticles enhances the nematic
order in the LC medium changing many properties of its host above the nematic-isotropic transition temperature T
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