Statistical Physics Approach to Liquid Crystals: Dynamics of Mobile Potts Model Leading to Smectic Phase, Phase Transition by Wang–Landau Method

Statistical Physics Approach to Liquid Crystals: Dynamics of Mobile Potts Model Leading to Smectic Phase, Phase Transition by Wang–Landau Method

We study the nature of the smectic–isotropic phase transition using a mobile 6-state Potts model. Each Potts state represents a molecular orientation. We show that with the choice of an appropriate microscopic Hamiltonian describing the interaction between individual molecules modeled by a mobile 6-...

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Main Authors: V. Thanh Ngo, Phuong-Thuy Nguyen, Hung T. Diep
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:Entropy
Subjects:
Potts model
Monte Carlo simulation
Wang–Landau method
smectic phase
dynamics
isotropic-smectic phase transition
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/11/1232

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