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The '''Maier-Saupe model''' | The '''Maier-Saupe model''' is widely used as a model of the [[nematic phase]]. | ||
The Maier-Saupe model is based on long-range dispersion forces, and has the form | The Maier-Saupe model is based on long-range dispersion forces, and has the form | ||
:<math>U (\cos \theta) = \overline u_2 \overline P_2 P_2 (\cos \theta)</math> | :<math>U (\cos \theta) = \overline u_2 \overline P_2 P_2 (\cos \theta)</math> | ||
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is the [[Order parameters | uniaxial order parameter]]. | is the [[Order parameters | uniaxial order parameter]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#W. Maier and A. Saupe "EINE EINFACHE MOLEKULARE THEORIE DES NEMATISCHEN KRISTALLINFLUSSIGEN ZUSTANDES", Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A '''13''' pp. 564- (1958) | |||
''' | #W. Maier and A. Saupe "EINE EINFACHE MOLEKULAR-STATISTISCHE THEORIE DER NEMATISCHEN KRISTALLINFLUSSIGEN PHASE .1", Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A '''14''' pp. 882- (1959) | ||
#W. Maier and A. Saupe "EINE EINFACHE MOLEKULAR-STATISTISCHE THEORIE DER NEMATISCHEN KRISTALLINFLUSSIGEN PHASE .2", Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A '''15''' pp. 287- (1960) | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/6/20/005 P A Vuillermot and M V Romerio "Exact solution of the Maier-Saupe model for a nematic liquid crystal on a one-dimensional lattice", Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics '''6''' pp. 2922-2930 (1973)] | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/267412b0 G. R. LUCKHURST and C. ZANNONI "Why is the Maier−Saupe theory of nematic liquid crystals so successful?", Nature '''267''' pp. 412 - 414 (1977)] | |||
[[category: models]] | [[category: models]] | ||
[[category:liquid crystals]] | [[category:liquid crystals]] |