V形分子的双轴性及相变-理论物理专业论文.docxVIP

V V 形分子的双轴性及相变 The Biaxiality And Phase Transitions Of The V-shaped Molecules ABSTRACT In this paper, biaxial nematic phase is the object of our study. We research the phase transition and properties of the biaxial liquid crystal molecules. Our model is a kind of new V-shaped molecules, each composed of two spheroplatelets jointed at their ends at an angle Ψ. The biaxiality of the V-shaped molecule depends upon the biaxiality of spheroplatelets, and the apex angle Ψ. In this sense our V-shaped molecular model has twofold biaxiality. The four coefficients α、β、γ and δ in Straley’s pair potential are related to the structure parameters of the considered molecules, which have been detailed in the text. With regard to Landau points, we have using bifurcation analysis get the rules of its existence as follow: (i) when the thickness of the V-shaped molecule is fixed, the larger the aspect ratio of the spheroplatelet is, the smaller the apex angle is required; (ii) when the aspect ratio is fixed, the thicker the particle is, the smaller the apex angle is required; (iii) when the aspect ratio spheroplatelet is extremely large, the locations of the Landau points will mainly depends on the apex angle, and the effect of the aspect ratio should be neglected. Straley’s pair potential for nematic biaxial molecules is either fully attractive or partly repulsive. Fully attractive potentials result from the superposition of attractive, purely dispersive interactions. Partly repulsive potentials result from the superposition of both attractive, purely dispersive interactions and hardcore, repulsive interactions. The Straley’s pair potential for our model should not be regarded as fully attractive or partly repulsive simply. It is related to the structure parameters of the objective particles. When Ψ is relative big, it is partly repulsive; when Ψ is relative small, it is fully attractive. KEY WORDS: Biaxial nematic phase, V-shaped molecule, Landau point, bifurcation analysis ii 独创性声明