Fluids of hard ellipsoids: Phase diagram including a nematic instability from Percus-Yevick theory

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1999-05-05

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9905055v1

Phys. Rev. E 60 (5), 5865, (1999)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages including 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.60.5865

An important aspect of molecular fluids is the relation between orientation and translation parts of the two-particle correlations. Especially the detailed knowledge of the influence of orientation correlations is needed to explain and calculate in detail the occurrence of a nematic phase. The simplest model system which shows both orientation and translation correlations is a system of hard ellipsoids. We investigate an isotropic fluid formed of hard ellipsoids with Percus-Yevick theory. Solving the Percus-Yevick equations self-consistently in the high density regime gives a clear criterion for a nematic instability. We calculate in detail the equilibrium phase diagram for a fluid of hard ellipsoids of revolution. Our results compare well with Monte Carlo Simulations and density functional theory.

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