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The Molecular Dynamics of Liquid Crystals pp 139–169Cite as

An Introduction to the Molecular Dynamics Method and to Orientational Dynamics in Liquid Crystals

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A brief introduction to the molecular dynamics method for calculating the time evolution of a system of interacting anisotropic particles is given. Particular attention is devoted to ordered systems. We also introduce a description of the orientational dynamics in terms of Wigner rotation matrix correlation functions, presenting some of their general properties. A few examples of orientational correlation functions for a simple model system are described.

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Zannoni, C. (1994). An Introduction to the Molecular Dynamics Method and to Orientational Dynamics 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_6

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