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Minimum distance
Density-functional theory
Infinitely long hard rods
Isotropic-nematic transition
Hard rods of sufficient length are able to display liquid crystalline behaviour, specifically, an isotropic to nematic transition, as well as the smectic phase.
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- J. D. Parsons "Nematic ordering in a system of rods" Physical Review A 19 1225-1230 (1979)
- H. H. Wensink and G. J. Vroege "Isotropic–nematic phase behavior of length-polydisperse hard rods", Journal of Chemical Physics 119 6868 (2003)
- D. Frenkel, H. N. W. Lekkerkerker and A. Stroobants "Thermodynamic stability of a smectic phase in a system of hard rods", Nature 332 pp. 822-823 (1988)