ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC INTERFACE OF LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS

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作者：
CUI, SM
AKCAKIR, O
CHEN, ZY
机构：
[1] UNIV WATERLOO,DEPT PHYS,WATERLOO,ON N2L 3G1,CANADA
[2] UNIV WATERLOO,GUELPH WATERLOO PROGRAM GRAD WORK PHYS,WATERLOO,ON N2L 3G1,CANADA
[3] JIAO TONG UNIV,DEPT APPL PHYS,SHANGHAI 200030,PEOPLES R CHINA
来源：
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 1995年 / 51卷 / 05期
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D O I：
10.1103/PhysRevE.51.4548
中图分类号：
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号：
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要：
The behavior of liquid crystalline polymers in the interfacial region between the isotropic and nematic phases is investigated based on an inhomogeneous free-energy functional. A mean-field approximation is used for the system of semiflexible polymers obeying the Saito-Takahashi-Yunoki description and interacting via the Onsager-type repulsive interaction. The density distribution of the polymers crossing the interface is computed by using a spherical-harmonics expansion. The calculated interfacial tension is consistent with the results of the scaling argument which is also presented in this paper. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码：4548 / 4557
页数：10
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