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Fluctuation modes of a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal
Z. Parsouzi. A. Sh, S. M. Shamid, V. Borshch +10
We report a dynamic light scattering study of the fluctuation modes in a thermotropic liquid crystalline mixture of monomer and dimer compounds that exhibits the twist-bend nematic…
Lipid Segregation on Cylindrically and Spherically Curved Membranes
Fangfu Ye, Robin L. B. Selinger, Jonathan V. Selinger
We investigate how an externally imposed curvature influences lipid segregation on two-phase-coexistent membranes. We show that the bending-modulus contrast of the two phases and t…
Coarse-Grained Modeling of a Deformable Nematic Vesicle
Jun Geng, Jonathan V. Selinger, Robin L. B. Selinger
We develop a coarse-grained particle-based model to simulate membranes with nematic liquid-crystal order. The coarse-grained particles form vesicles which, at low temperature, have…
Monte Carlo Simulation of Liquid-Crystal Alignment and of Chiral Symmetry-Breaking
J. Xu, R. L. B. Selinger, J. V. Selinger +1
We carry out Monte Carlo simulations to investigate the effect of molecular shape on liquid-crystal order. In our approach, each model mesogen consists of several soft spheres bond…
Monte Carlo Simulation of Smectic Liquid Crystals and the Electroclinic Effect: the Role of the Molecular Shape
J. Xu, R. L. B. Selinger, J. V. Selinger +2
Using Monte Carlo simulation methods, we explore the role of molecular shape in the phase behavior of liquid crystals and the electroclinic effect. We study a "bent-rod" mesogen sh…
Cooperative Chiral Order in Copolymers of Chiral and Achiral Units
J. V. Selinger, R. L. B. Selinger
Polyisocyanates can be synthesized with chiral and achiral pendant groups distributed randomly along the chains. The overall chiral order, measured by optical activity, is strongly…