Phase diagram of a model for a binary mixture of nematic molecules on a Bethe lattice

Details Phase diagram of a model for a binary mixture of nematic molecules on a Bethe lattice Phase diagram of a model for a binary mixture of nematic molecules on a Bethe lattice

2010-09-14

arxiv.org/abs/1009.2729v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

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We investigate the phase diagram of a discrete version of the Maier-Saupe model with the inclusion of additional degrees of freedom to mimic a distribution of rodlike and disklike molecules. Solutions of this problem on a Bethe lattice come from the analysis of the fixed points of a set of nonlinear recursion relations. Besides the fixed points associated with isotropic and uniaxial nematic structures, there is also a fixed point associated with a biaxial nematic structure. Due to the existence of large overlaps of the stability regions, we resorted to a scheme to calculate the free energy of these structures deep in the interior of a large Cayley tree. Both thermodynamic and dynamic-stability analyses rule out the presence of a biaxial phase, in qualitative agreement with previous mean-field results.

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