The role of attractive interactions in rod-sphere mixtures

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ANTYPOV, D. and CLEAVER, D. J. (2004). The role of attractive interactions in rod-sphere mixtures. Journal of chemical physics, 120 (21), 10307-10316.

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    Abstract

    We present a computer simulation study of binary mixtures of prolate Gay-Berne particles and Lennard-Jones spheres. Results are presented for three such rod-sphere systems which differ from each other only in the interaction between unlike particles. Both the mixing-demixing behavior and the transitions between the isotropic and any liquid crystalline phases are studied for each system, as a function of temperature and concentration ratio. For systems which show macroscopic demixing, the rod-sphere interaction is shown to give direct control over interfacial anchoring properties, giving rise to the possibility of micellar phase formation in the case of homeotropic anchoring. Additionally, it is shown that on incorporating high concentrations of spheres into a system of rods with weak demixing properties, microphase-separated structures can be induced, including bicontinuous and lamellar arrangements.

    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: © 2004 American Institute of Physics
    Research Institute, Centre or Group: Materials and Engineering Research Institute > Polymers Nanocomposites and Modelling Research Centre > Materials and Fluid Flow Modelling Group
    Identification Number: 10.1063/1.1718181
    Depositing User: Ann Betterton
    Date Deposited: 19 Apr 2007
    Last Modified: 21 Dec 2010 11:32
    URI: http://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/889

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