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Modelling Microstructiure in Materials that Contain Anisotropic Particles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Christopher Viney  and
Larry A. Chick
Christopher Viney
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering FB-10, and the Advanced Materials Technology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
Larry A. Chick
Affiliation:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, P.O. Box 999, Richland, WA 99352
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Abstract

The spontaneous alignment of molecules in liquid crystalline solutions is characteristic of other materials that contain rodlike particles. We are developing a model to predict the evolution of microstructure in these systems. Its starting point is Flory's thermodynamic analysis of liquid crystalline phase separation. Our preferred method dispenses with the traditional lattice model in favor of a Monte Carlo simulation to calculate entropy. Some advantages and consequences of our approach are explored in this paper

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 175: Symposium S – Multifunctional Materials , 1989 , 371
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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