%0 Book Section %1 statphys23_1013 %A Trukhina, Y.U. %A Schilling, T. %B Abstract Book of the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics %C Genova, Italy %D 2007 %E Pietronero, Luciano %E Loreto, Vittorio %E Zapperi, Stefano %K bipolar confinement droplet rod spherical statphys23 topic-7 wetting %T Hard rods confined to a spherical cavity - a computer simulation study %U http://st23.statphys23.org/webservices/abstract/preview_pop.php?ID_PAPER=1013 %X When a liquid crystal is confined to a cavity its director field becomes subject to competing forces: on the one hand, the surface of the cavity orients the director field (``surface anchoring''), on the other hand deformations of the bulk director field inside the cavity cost elastic energy. Hence the equilibrium director field is determined by a compromise between surface anchoring and elasticity. We present a computer simulation study of hard spherocylinders confined to a spherical cavity in which we investigate the effect of the curvature of the wall on the properties of the nematic phase and the wetting of the curved wall by the nematic layer in the isotropic phase.

@incollection{statphys23_1013, abstract = {When a liquid crystal is confined to a cavity its director field becomes subject to competing forces: on the one hand, the surface of the cavity orients the director field (``surface anchoring''), on the other hand deformations of the bulk director field inside the cavity cost elastic energy. Hence the equilibrium director field is determined by a compromise between surface anchoring and elasticity. We present a computer simulation study of hard spherocylinders confined to a spherical cavity in which we investigate the effect of the curvature of the wall on the properties of the nematic phase and the wetting of the curved wall by the nematic layer in the isotropic phase.}, added-at = {2007-06-20T10:16:09.000+0200}, address = {Genova, Italy}, author = {Trukhina, Y.U. and Schilling, T.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2bf7feb2a9558f0857c0d404e599c0739/statphys23}, booktitle = {Abstract Book of the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics}, editor = {Pietronero, Luciano and Loreto, Vittorio and Zapperi, Stefano}, interhash = {c51f2e7dc8816a6975ad82f3cebb1e0b}, intrahash = {bf7feb2a9558f0857c0d404e599c0739}, keywords = {bipolar confinement droplet rod spherical statphys23 topic-7 wetting}, month = {9-13 July}, timestamp = {2007-06-20T10:16:36.000+0200}, title = {Hard rods confined to a spherical cavity - a computer simulation study}, url = {http://st23.statphys23.org/webservices/abstract/preview_pop.php?ID_PAPER=1013}, year = 2007 }