@article {2615,
	title = {Orientational order of near D-3h solutes in nematic liquid crystals. II. Description via Gay-Berne model with embedded quadrupoles},
	journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
	volume = {130},
	number = {15},
	year = {2009},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 437KLTimes Cited: 3Cited Reference Count: 19Sokolovskii, R. O. Burnell, E. Elliott},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {6},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {We perform Monte Carlo simulations of a mixture of soft ellipsoids with embedded quadrupoles as a model of various chloro- and methyl-substituted benzenes dissolved in nematic liquid crystals. We find that oblate Gay-Berne ellipsoids with multiple embedded quadrupoles qualitatively reproduce the trend in the order parameter asymmetry experimentally observed in NMR spectra. The trend is opposite to what is expected on the basis of the interaction of the solute{\textquoteright}s quadrupole with the solvent{\textquoteright}s average electric field gradient "felt" by dissolved dihydrogen molecules. We identify the specific minimum of the solute-solvent interaction energy landscape that may produce the unexpected sign of the order parameter asymmetry that is seen in the experiment and the simulation.},
	keywords = {COMPOUNDS, deuterium, dissolving, ELECTRIC-DIPOLE INTERACTIONS, LIQUID MIXTURES, liquid theory, METHODS, Monte Carlo, MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS, nematic liquid crystals, nuclear magnetic resonance, ORGANIC, POTENTIALS, SHAPE, SOLVENTS},
	isbn = {0021-9606},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000265486300033},
	author = {Sokolovskii, R. O. and Burnell, E. E.}
}
@article {4677,
	title = {Intermolecular potentials in liquid crystals: Comparison between simulations and NMR experiments},
	journal = {International Journal of Modern Physics C},
	volume = {10},
	number = {2-3},
	year = {1999},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 222HPTimes Cited: 12Cited Reference Count: 21Meeting on Recent Developments in the Computer Simulations of Liquid CrystalsJUN 18, 1998ERICE, ITALY},
	month = {May},
	pages = {403-413},
	type = {Proceedings Paper},
	abstract = {The anisotropic intermolecular forces responsible for the orientational ordering in liquid crystals are probed by comparing Monte Carlo (MC) simulations with experimental nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) results for solutes in nematic liquid crystals. In a special liquid crystal mixture where all long-range interactions are assumed to be minimized, the models for short-range interactions which best fit NMR experimental solute order parameters also best fit solute order parameters from MC simulations of hard ellipsoids. This is taken as an indication that in this special mixture the intermolecular potential is dominated by short-range forces. However, for liquid crystals where long-range interactions are important, simulations of hard ellipsoids with point quadrupoles cannot reproduce even the gross effects observed with experimental NMR data.},
	keywords = {anisotropic intermolecular force, ELECTRIC-DIPOLE INTERACTIONS, interaction, liquid crystal, MOLECULES, Monte Carlo, MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS, NEMATIC SOLVENTS, nuclear magnetic resonance experiment, ORDER, ORIENTATIONAL, quadrupole interaction, SHAPE, SHORT-RANGE, SIMULATION, SIZE, SOLUTES},
	isbn = {0129-1831},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000081779000007},
	author = {Syvitski, R. T. and Polson, J. M. and Burnell, E. E.}
}
