Phase behavior of the thermotropic melt of asymmetric V-shaped molecules

Physical Review. E
M A AlievE A Ugolkova

Abstract

The phase behavior of the monodisperse melt of V-shaped molecules composed of two rigid segments of different lengths joined at their ends at an external angle α has been examined within the Landau-de Gennes approach. Each rigid segment consists of a sequence of monomer units; the anisotropic interactions in the system are assumed to be of the Maier-Saupe form. The coefficients of the Landau-de Gennes free-energy expansion have been found from a microscopic model of V-shaped molecule. A single Landau point at which the system undergoes direct continuous transition from isotropic to biaxial nematic phase is found for asymmetry parameter ϕ=1/3 or ϕ=2/3, where ϕ is the number fraction of monomer units in one of the segments. Two Landau points are found in a range 1/3<ϕ<2/3. Only isotropic and nematic states are found to be stable for 0≤ϕ<1/3 and 2/3<ϕ≤1. Regions of stability of isotropic, prolate uniaxial, and biaxial nematic phases are found for ϕ=1/3 and ϕ=2/3. In addition, a stable oblate uniaxial phase is revealed if asymmetry parameter falls in the range 1/3<ϕ<2/3. The region of stability of the biaxial nematic phase becomes smaller as parameter ϕ increases from 1/3 to 1/2 (or decreases from 2/3 to 1/2). Coefficients of the g...Continue Reading

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