Surface anchoring on liquid crystalline polymer brushes
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Publication:696530
DOI10.1016/S0010-4655(02)00260-6zbMATH Open0994.82513arXivcond-mat/0205325MaRDI QIDQ696530FDOQ696530
Authors: Harald Lange, Friederike Schmid 
Publication date: 12 September 2002
Published in: Computer Physics Communications (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We present a Monte Carlo study of the surface anchoring of a nematic fluid on swollen layers of grafted liquid crystalline chain molecules. The liquid crystalline particles are modeled by soft repulsive ellipsoids, and the chains are made of the same particles. An appropriately modified version of the configurational bias Monte Carlo algorithm is introduced, which removes and redistributes chain bonds rather than whole monomers. With this algorithm, a wide range of grafting densities could be studied. The substrate is chosen such that it favors a planar orientation (parallel to the surface). Depending on the grafting density, we find three anchoring regimes: planar, tilted, and perpendicular alignment. At low grafting densities, the alignment is mainly driven by the substrate. At high grafting densities, the substrate gradually loses its influence and the alignment is determined by the structure of the interface between the brush and the pure solvent instead.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0205325
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