نحن ندرس نموذج بسيط لنظام كريستال مذاب نيماتيك مصنوع من جسيمات مستطيلة متوازية تتفاعل عبر قانون جاذب كاذب. بعد التعرف على الأشكال الصلبة الملائمة للنظام من خلال فحص دقيق لأربعة عشرة هيكل كريستال في درجة حرارة صفر، نحدد درجة حرارة الذهاب للذبذب لقيم مختلفة من الضغط، كذلك من خلال حسابات الطاقة الحرة الدقيقة. ومن بين الميزات الرئيسية لهذا النموذج هي الذبذب المعادي الذي يسببه الضغط وتثبيط الطور العمودي لدرجات حرارة متوسطة.
We study a simple model of a nematic liquid crystal made of parallel ellipsoidal particles interacting via a repulsive Gaussian law. After identifying the relevant solid phases of the system through a careful zero-temperature scrutiny of as many as eleven candidate crystal structures, we determine the melting temperature for various pressure values, also with the help of exact free energy calculations. Among the prominent features of this model are pressure-driven reentrant melting and the stabilization of a columnar phase for intermediate temperatures.
We trace with unprecedented numerical accuracy the phase diagram of the Gaussian-core model, a classical system of point particles interacting via a Gaussian-shaped, purely repulsive potential. This model, which provides a reliable qualitative descri
The phase diagram of star polymer solutions in a good solvent is obtained over a wide range of densities and arm numbers by Monte Carlo simulations. The effective interaction between the stars is modeled by an ultrasoft pair potential which is logari
We present a Monte Carlo simulation study of the phase behavior of two-dimensional classical particles repelling each other through an isotropic Gaussian potential. As in the analogous three-dimensional case, a reentrant-melting transition occurs upo
We redraw, using state-of-the-art methods for free-energy calculations, the phase diagrams of two reference models for the liquid state: the Gaussian and inverse-power-law repulsive potentials. Notwithstanding the different behavior of the two potent
Dilute solutions of strongly charged polymer electrolytes undergo, upon addition of multivaltent salt to the solutions, a phase transition from extended conformations to collapsed or bundled ones. Upon further addition of salt they experience a secon