The orientational order parameters of a dendritic liquid crystal organo-siloxane tetrapode oligomer, determined using polarized infrared spectroscopy

2004 ◽  
Vol 121 (10) ◽  
pp. 5012-5021 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Merkel ◽  
A. Kocot ◽  
J. K. Vij ◽  
G. H. Mehl ◽  
T. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Infrared Spectroscopy ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Orientational Order ◽  
Order Parameters ◽  
Polarized Infrared Spectroscopy

scholarly journals Liquid Crystal Ordering in the Hexagonal Phase of Rod-Coil Diblock Copolymers

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1262
Author(s):  
Mikhail A. Osipov ◽  
Maxim V. Gorkunov ◽  
Alexander A. Antonov
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Order Parameter ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Microphase Separation ◽  
Hexagonal Phase ◽  
Orientational Order ◽  
Order Parameters ◽  
Copolymer Composition ◽  
Rigid Rod

Density functional theory of rod-coil diblock copolymers, developed recently by the authors, has been generalised and used to study the liquid crystal ordering and microphase separation effects in the hexagonal, lamellar and nematic phases. The translational order parameters of rod and coil monomers and the orientational order parameters of rod-like fragments of the copolymer chains have been determined numerically by direct minimization of the free energy. The phase diagram has been derived containing the isotropic, the lamellar and the hexagonal phases which is consistent with typical experimental data. The order parameter profiles as functions of temperature and the copolymer composition have also been determined in different anisotropic phases. Finally, the spatial distributions of the density of rigid rod fragments and of the corresponding orientational order parameter in the hexagonal phase have been calculated.

Scaling of 6n-Fold Bond-Orientational Order Parameters in a Hexatic Liquid-Crystal Thin Film

1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (24) ◽  
pp. 4556-4559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Fu Chou ◽  
John T. Ho ◽  
S. W. Hui ◽  
V. Surendranath
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Orientational Order ◽  
Order Parameters ◽  
Bond Orientational Order
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