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On the Description of Ordering in Liquid Crystals

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The Molecular Dynamics of Liquid Crystals

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIC,volume 431))

Abstract

We introduce the description of translational, orientational and internal order parameters in liquid crystals. We give a systematic approach to the identification of the relevant parameters as expansion coefficients of the singlet distribution function in a suitable basis set. The construction of approximate distributions from a limited set of order parameters using the maximum entropy principle is discussed. We treat in detail order parameters and distribution functions for three cases: rigid molecules with cylindrical or biaxial symmetry and non-rigid molecules with one internal rotor dissolved in various mesophases.

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  1. Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, Universita’, Viale Risorgimento, 4, Bologna, 40136, Italy

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, UK

    G. R. Luckhurst

  2. Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Italy

    C. A. Veracini

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Zannoni, C. (1994). On the Description of Ordering in Liquid Crystals. In: Luckhurst, G.R., Veracini, C.A. (eds) The Molecular Dynamics of Liquid Crystals. NATO ASI Series, vol 431. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1168-3_2

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