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Anticlinic order of long-range repulsive rod-like magnetic particles in 2D
Xiaoyu Zheng, Obeng Appiagyei Addai, Peter Palffy-Muhoray
In the field of liquid crystals, it is well-known that rod-like molecules interacting via long-range attractive interactions or short-range repulsive potentials can exhibit orienta…
Cavity volume and free energy in many-body systems
Jamie M. Taylor, Thomas G. Fai, Epifanio G. Virga +2
Within this work we derive and analyse an expression for the free energy of a single-species system in the thermodynamic limit in terms of a generalised cavity volume, that is exac…
The Freedericksz transition in a spatially varying magnetic field
Tianyi Guo, Xiaoyu Zheng, Peter Palffy-Muhoray
Much is known about the Freedericksz transition induced by uniform electric and magnetic fields in nematic liquid crystals. Here we study the effects of a spatially varying field o…
Impedance Matching in an Elastic Actuator
Tianyi Guo, Xiaoyu Zheng, Peter Palffy-Muhoray
We optimize the performance of an elastic actuator consisting of an active core in a host which performs mechanical work on a load. The system, initially with localized elastic ene…
Leaky Cell Model of Hard Spheres
Thomas G. Fai, Jamie M. Taylor, Epifanio G. Virga +2
We study packings of hard spheres on lattices. The partition function, and therefore the pressure, may be written solely in terms of the accessible free volume, i.e. the volume of…
St. Petersburg paradox and failure probability
Jake Fontana, Peter Palffy-Muhoray
The St. Petersburg paradox provides a simple paradigm for systems that show sensitivity to rare events. Here, we demonstrate a physical realization of this paradox using tensile fr…