The nematic phase of a system of long hard rods

DOI10.1142/9789814449243_0058zbMATH Open1304.82078arXiv1209.3032OpenAlexW2949421418MaRDI QIDQ2929307FDOQ2929307

Authors: A. Giuliani 

Publication date: 11 November 2014

Published in: XVIIth International Congress on Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this talk I consider a two-dimensional lattice model for liquid crystals consisting of long rods interacting via purely hard core interactions, with two allowed orientations defined by the underlying lattice. I report a rigorous proof of the existence of a nematic phase: by this I mean that at intermediate densities the system exhibits orientational order, either horizontal or vertical, but no positional order. The proof is based on a two-scales cluster expansion: first the system is coarse-grained on a scale comparable with the rods' length; then the resulting effective theory is re-expressed as a contours' model, which can be treated by Pirogov-Sinai methods. The talk is based on joint work with Margherita Disertori.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3032

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zbMATH Keywords

cluster expansionlattice models for liquid crystalslong range orientational ordermonomer/\(k\)-mer systemOnsager's excluded volume effectPirogov-Sinai method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

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• On the orientational ordering of long rods on a lattice
• The isotropic and nematic liquid crystal phase of colloidal rods

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