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ORIENTATIONAL ORDER IN SIMPLE DIPOLAR LIQUIDS - COMPUTER-SIMULATION OF A FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC PHASE

TitleORIENTATIONAL ORDER IN SIMPLE DIPOLAR LIQUIDS - COMPUTER-SIMULATION OF A FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC PHASE
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1992
AuthorsWei, DQ, Patey, GN
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume68
Pagination2043-2045
Date PublishedMar
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number0031-9007
KeywordsCRYSTALS, ELECTROSTATIC SYSTEMS, PERIODIC BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS
Abstract

Molecular-dynamics simulations are used to show that strongly interacting dipolar spheres can form a ferroelectric nematic phase. This is the first demonstration that dipolar forces alone can create an orientationally ordered liquid state. It is also the first time that the existence of a ferroelectric nematic phase has been established for a model fluid.
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