Accession Number:
AD1096463
Title:
Nanoparticles Effects in Liquid Crystals (NELC)- AFRL/RX ST Dr. Bunning
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report,01 Sep 2015,15 Aug 2017
Corporate Author:
Alma Mater Studiorum Universita Di Bologna Sede Bologna Italy
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Report Date:
2019-08-02
Pagination or Media Count:
12.0
Abstract:
In this project, we focus on the understanding of the effects on order, dynamics and molecular organization of a host nematic caused by the introduction of nanoparticles through a modellingcomputer simulation approach. We have modelled the nanoparticles and the oleic acid covering as berry-like clusters of spherical Lennard-Jones sites united atoms, each of which can be endowed with specific features like size, charges, dispersion interactions, while the mesogen with a rodlike Gay-Berne ellipsoid. The results of our Monte Carlo simulations assess the influence of nanoparticles ferroelectricity and surfactant coating on the changes in order of the host nematic.
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Subject Categories:
- Physical Chemistry