Computer simulation of liquid-crystal surface modification

Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations are used to study the interplay between two different anchoring effects of spherocylinders on a modified surface consisting of hard walls onto which liquid-crystal molecules have been perpendicularly grafted. By varying both the length and grafting density of the s...

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Published in:Europhysics letters 2004-01, Vol.65 (1), p.48-54
Main Authors: Downton, M T, Allen, M P
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations are used to study the interplay between two different anchoring effects of spherocylinders on a modified surface consisting of hard walls onto which liquid-crystal molecules have been perpendicularly grafted. By varying both the length and grafting density of the surface molecules, a number of different and novel anchoring regimes are observed, including planar, homeotropic, tilted, and decoupled planar.
ISSN:0295-5075
DOI:10.1209/ep1/i2003-10046-x