Isotropic-Nematic transition of long thin hard spherocylinders confined in a quasi-two-dimensional planar geometry

Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino, Marjolein Dijkstra, Marileen Dogterom

We present computer simulations of long thin hard spherocylinders in a narrow planar slit. We observe a transition from the isotropic to a nematic phase with quasi-long-range orien…