Journal
PHYSICS LETTERS A
Volume 378, Issue 4, Pages 453-458Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2013.12.020
Keywords
Elastic constants; Liquid crystals; Lattice models
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- National Institutes of Science and Technology of Complex Fluids INCT-FCx
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The bulk and the surface-like elastic constants of a nematic liquid crystal are calculated for an ensemble of particles interacting via anisotropic dispersion forces using the pseudo-molecular method. The geometrical anisotropy of the molecules is also taken into account in the calculations by choosing a molecular volume of ellipsoidal shape. Analytical expressions for the elastic constants are obtained as a function of the eccentricity in the molecular volume shape. The method allows one to explore the dependence on the molecular orientation with respect to the intermolecular vector by analyzing the magnitude and the behaviour of macroscopic elastic parameters defining the nematic phase. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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