Phase diagram for a system of hard spherocylinders
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 43 (12) , 6837-6842
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.43.6837
Abstract
We apply a density-functional formalism to a system of hard spherocylinders and obtain a phase diagram including the isotropic, nematic, and smectic-A phases. The nematic–smectic-A transition can be of either first or second order, and the tricritical point is located at a length-to-diameter ratio L/D=5.9. The coexistence of all three phases (i.e., the triple point) occurs at L/D=3.2 and for L/DA transition.Keywords
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