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The '''uniaxial order parameter''' is zero for an isotropic fluid and one for | |||
a perfectly aligned system. | |||
First one calculates a director | |||
vector (see Ref. 2) | |||
The '''uniaxial order parameter''' is zero for an isotropic fluid and one for a perfectly aligned system. First one calculates a director vector | |||
:<math>Q_{\alpha \beta} | :<math>Q_{\alpha \beta} | ||
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with the largest eigenvalue (<math>\lambda_+</math>). | with the largest eigenvalue (<math>\lambda_+</math>). | ||
From this director vector the nematic order | From this director vector the nematic order | ||
parameter is calculated from | parameter is calculated from (see Ref. 3) | ||
:<math>S_2 = \lambda _{+}= \langle P_2( n \cdot e)\rangle = \langle P_2(\cos\theta )\rangle =\langle \frac{3}{2} \cos^{2} \theta - \frac{1}{2} \rangle | :<math>S_2 = \lambda _{+}= \langle P_2( n \cdot e)\rangle = \langle P_2(\cos\theta )\rangle =\langle \frac{3}{2} \cos^{2} \theta - \frac{1}{2} \rangle | ||
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the director <math>n</math>, and the angle brackets | the director <math>n</math>, and the angle brackets | ||
indicate an ensemble average. | indicate an ensemble average. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.10.1881 Joseph P. Straley "Ordered phases of a liquid of biaxial particles", Physical Review A '''10''' pp. 1881 - 1887 (1974)] | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268978400101951 R. Eppenga and D. Frenkel "Monte Carlo study of the isotropic and nematic phases of infinitely thin hard platelets", Molecular Physics '''52''' pp. 1303-1334 (1984)] | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-7322(95)00918-3 Mark R. Wilson "Determination of order parameters in realistic atom-based models of liquid crystal systems", Journal of Molecular Liquids '''68''' pp. 23-31 (1996)] | |||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.479982 Denis Merlet, James W. Emsley, Philippe Lesot and Jacques Courtieu "The relationship between molecular symmetry and second-rank orientational order parameters for molecules in chiral liquid crystalline solvents", Journal of Chemical Physics '''111''' pp. 6890-6896 (1999)] | |||
[[category: liquid crystals]] | [[category: liquid crystals]] |