From n-layer planar ordering to the monolayer homeotropic structure of confined hard rods: The effect of shape anisotropy and wall-to-wall separation.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Using the Parsons-Lee theory, we examined the effect of shape anisotropy and the wall-to-wall separation (H) on the phase behavior of the hard parallelepiped rods with dimensions L, D, and D (L>D) in such narrow slitlike pores which only one homeotropic layer can form. The phase structures, including biaxiality, planar nematic layering transition as well as planar to homeotropic, were studied for some separations in the range 2.5D≤H≤10.0D for H-D≤L<H.