Model of hard spheroplatelets near a hard wall

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punktacja MEiN [2014 A]: 35

title:	Model of hard spheroplatelets near a hard wall
author:	Kapanowski Andrzej , Abram Marcin
journal title:	Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics
volume:	89
issue:	6
date of publication :	2014
article ID:	062503
ISSN:	1539-3755
eISSN:	1550-2376
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevE.89.062503
language:	English
journal language:	English
abstract in English:	A system of hard spheroplatelets near an impenetrable wall is studied in the low-density Onsager approximation. Spheroplatelets have optimal shape between rods and plates, and the direct transition from the isotropic to biaxial nematic phase is present. A simple local approximation for the one-particle distribution function is used. Analytical results for the surface tension and the entropy contributions are derived. The density and the order-parameter profiles near the wall are calculated. The preferred orientation of the short molecule axes is perpendicular to the wall. Biaxiality close to the wall can appear only if the phase is biaxial in the bulk.
number of pulisher's sheets:	0,5
affiliation:	Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut Fizyki im. Mariana Smoluchowskiego
type:	journal article
subtype:	academic paper

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