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Shapes of Semiflexible Polymers in Confined Spaces
Y. Liu, B. Chakraborty
We investigate the conformations of a semiflexible polymer confined to a square box. Results of Monte Carlo simulations show the existence of a shape transition when the persistenc…
Smectic ordering in athermal systems of rod-like triblock copolymers
Szabolcs Varga, Seth Fraden
The phase behavior of the system of parallel rigid triblock copolymers is examined using the second-virial density functional theory. The triblock particle consists of two identica…
Role of electrostatics in the texture of islands in free standing ferroelectric liquid crystal films
Jong-Bong Lee, Robert A. Pelcovits, Robert B. Meyer
Curved textures of ferroelectric smectic C* liquid crystals produce space charge when they involve divergence of the spontaneous polarization field. Impurity ions can partially scr…
Dynamics of the molecular orientation field coupled to ions in two-dimensional ferroelectric liquid crystals
Robert A. Pelcovits, J. -B. Lee, R. B. Meyer
Molecular orientation fluctuations in ferroelectric smectic liquid crystals produce space charges, due to the divergence of the spontaneous polarization. These space charges intera…