Onsager theory

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The Onsager theory for the isotropic-nematic phase transition was developed by Lars Onsager (Ref. 1). In a 3-dimensional gas of hard rods there are two contributions to the entropy: a part due to translation and a part due to orientation. These two contributions are coupled.

References

  1. L. Onsager "THE EFFECTS OF SHAPE ON THE INTERACTION OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES", Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 51 pp. 627- (1949)
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