--- trunk/tengDissertation/LiquidCrystal.tex 2006/06/26 21:59:54 2891 +++ trunk/tengDissertation/LiquidCrystal.tex 2006/06/27 02:42:30 2895 @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ of bent-core molecules\cite{Memmer2002,Orlandi2006}. liquid crystal phases\cite{Lansac2003}. Other anisotropic models using Gay-Berne(GB) potential, which produce interactions that favor local alignment, give the evidence of the novel packing arrangements -of bent-core molecules\cite{Memmer2002,Orlandi2006}. +of bent-core molecules\cite{Memmer2002}. Experimental studies by Levelut {\it et al.}~\cite{Levelut1981} revealed that terminal cyano or nitro groups usually induce @@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ temperature and pressure. a $160\times 160 \times 120$ box. After the dipolar interactions are switched on, 2~ns NPTi cooling run with themostat of 2~ps and barostat of 50~ps were used to equilibrate the system to desired -temperature and pressure. +temperature and pressure. NPTi Production runs last for 40~ns with +time step of 20~fs. \subsection{Order Parameters} @@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ TEMPERATURE} \label{liquidCrystal:p2} \caption{LIQUID CRYSTAL STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES AS A FUNCTION OF TEMPERATURE} \label{liquidCrystal:p2} \begin{center} -\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|} +\begin{tabular}{cccccc} \hline Temperature (K) & 420 & 440 & 460 & 480 & 600\\ \hline @@ -277,14 +278,48 @@ transition temperature) is shown in Figure~\ref{LCFigu The molecular organization obtained at temperature $T = 460K$ (below transition temperature) is shown in Figure~\ref{LCFigure:snapshot}. - -It is also important to show the density correlation along the -director which is given by : +The diagonal view in Fig~\ref{LCFigure:snapshot}(a) shows the +stacking of the banana shaped molecules while the side view in n +Figure~\ref{LCFigure:snapshot}(b) demonstrates formation of a +chevron structure. The first peak of Radial distribution function +$g(r)$ in Fig.~\ref{LCFigure:gofrz}(a) shows the minimum distance +for two in plane banana shaped molecules is 4.9 \AA, while the +second split peak implies the biaxial packing. It is also important +to show the density correlation along the director which is given by +: \begin{equation} -g(z) =< \delta (z-z_{ij})>_{ij} / \pi R^{2} \rho +g(z) =\frac{1}{\pi R^{2} \rho}< \delta (z-z_{ij})>_{ij} \end{equation}, where $z_{ij} = r_{ij} \dot Z$ was measured in the director frame -and $R$ is the radius of the cylindrical sampling region. +and $R$ is the radius of the cylindrical sampling region. The +oscillation in density plot along the director in +Fig.~\ref{LCFigure:gofrz}(b) implies the existence of the layered +structure, and the peak at 27 \AA is attribute to the defect in the +system. + +\subsection{Rotational Invariants} + +As a useful set of correlation functions to describe +position-orientation correlation, rotation invariants were first +applied in a spherical symmetric system to study x-ray and light +scatting\cite{Blum1972}. Latterly, expansion of the orientation pair +correlation in terms of rotation invariant for molecules of +arbitrary shape was introduce by Stone\cite{Stone1978} and adopted +by other researchers in liquid crystal studies\cite{Berardi2003}. In +order to study the correlation between biaxiality and molecular +separation distance $r$, we calculate a rotational invariant +function $S_{22}^{220} (r)$, which is given by : +\begin{eqnarray} +S_{22}^{220} (r) & = & \frac{1}{{4\sqrt 5 }} \left< \delta (r - +r_{ij} )((\hat x_i \cdot \hat x_j )^2 - (\hat x_i \cdot \hat y_j +)^2 - (\hat y_i \cdot \hat x_j )^2 + (\hat y_i \cdot \hat y_j +)^2 ) \right. \notag \\ + & & \left. - 2(\hat x_i \cdot \hat y_j )(\hat y_i \cdot \hat x_j ) - +2(\hat x_i \cdot \hat x_j )(\hat y_i \cdot \hat y_j )) \right>. +\end{eqnarray} +The long range behavior of second rank orientational correlation +$S_{22}^{220} (r)$ in Fig~\ref{LCFigure:S22220} also confirm the +biaxiality of the system. \begin{figure} \centering @@ -307,32 +342,25 @@ $g(r)$; and (b) density along the director $g(z)$.} \label{LCFigure:gofrz} \end{figure} -\subsection{Rotational Invariants} +\begin{figure} +\centering +\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{s22_220.eps} +\caption[Average orientational correlation Correlation Functions of +a Bent-core Liquid Crystal System at Temperature T = 460K and +Pressure P = 10 atm]{Correlation Functions of a Bent-core Liquid +Crystal System at Temperature T = 460K and Pressure P = 10 atm. (a) +radial correlation function $g(r)$; and (b) density along the +director $g(z)$.} \label{LCFigure:S22220} +\end{figure} -As a useful set of correlation functions to describe -position-orientation correlation, rotation invariants were first -applied in a spherical symmetric system to study x-ray and light -scatting\cite{Blum1972}. Latterly, expansion of the orientation pair -correlation in terms of rotation invariant for molecules of -arbitrary shape was introduce by Stone\cite{Stone1978} and adopted -by other researchers in liquid crystal studies\cite{Berardi2003}. - -\begin{eqnarray} -S_{22}^{220} (r) & = & \frac{1}{{4\sqrt 5 }} \left< \delta (r - -r_{ij} )((\hat x_i \cdot \hat x_j )^2 - (\hat x_i \cdot \hat y_j -)^2 - (\hat y_i \cdot \hat x_j )^2 + (\hat y_i \cdot \hat y_j -)^2 ) \right. \\ - & & \left. - 2(\hat x_i \cdot \hat y_j )(\hat y_i \cdot \hat x_j ) - -2(\hat x_i \cdot \hat x_j )(\hat y_i \cdot \hat y_j )) \right> -\end{eqnarray} - -\begin{equation} -S_{00}^{221} (r) = - \frac{{\sqrt 3 }}{{\sqrt {10} }}\left\langle -{\delta (r - r_{ij} )((\hat z_i \cdot \hat z_j )(\hat z_i \cdot -\hat z_j \times \hat r_{ij} ))} \right\rangle -\end{equation} - \section{Conclusion} -To investigate the molecular organization behavior due to different -dipolar orientation and position with respect to the center of the -molecule, + +We have presented a simple dipolar three-site GB model for banana +shaped molecules which are capable of forming smectic phases from +isotropic configuration. Various order parameters and correlation +functions were used to characterized the structural properties of +these smectic phase. However, the forming layered structure still +had some defects because of the mismatching between the layer +structure spacing and the shape of simulation box. This mismatching +can be broken by using NPTf integrator in further simulations. The +lack of detail in.