Issue 5, 2002
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Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Dipole strength effects on the polymorphism in smectic A mesophases

Roberto Berardi,a   Silvia Orlandi,ab   Demetri J. Photinos,bc   Alexandros G. Vanakarasac  and  Claudio Zannonia  

a Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, and INSTM Unit, Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy

b Department of Physics, University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece

c Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Patras 26500, Greece

Abstract

We study the effect of molecular dipole strength on the polymorphism of smectic A liquid crystals using computer simulations and density functional theory. We find, for a system of polar Gay–Berne particles with an off-centre axial dipole, a change in molecular organisation from non-interdigitated to interdigitated (SAd) structure.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B106788E
Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Jul 2001
Accepted
25 Oct 2001
First published
23 Jan 2002

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2002,4, 770-777

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Dipole strength effects on the polymorphism in smectic A mesophases

R. Berardi, S. Orlandi, D. J. Photinos, A. G. Vanakaras and C. Zannoni, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2002, 4, 770 DOI: 10.1039/B106788E

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