scholarly journals Molecular dynamics simulations of side chain liquid crystal polymer molecules in isotropic and liquid-crystalline melts

2005 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 034908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna M. Stimson ◽  
Mark R. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Liquid Crystal ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Liquid Crystal Polymer ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Polymer Molecules ◽  
Crystal Polymer ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Molecular Dynamics of Side Chain Liquid Crystalline Polysiloxanes

1996 ◽  
Vol 425 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Podojil ◽  
B. L. Farmer ◽  
T. J. Bunning ◽  
R. Pachter ◽  
W. W. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Crystalline State ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
Flexible Spacer ◽  
Siloxane Oligomers ◽  
Dynamics Simulations ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractMolecular dynamics simulations have been used to characterize the development and longevity of associations between cholesterol and biphenyl mesogens when attached to linear siloxane oligomers by flexible spacer groups. Single substituents, alternating substituents, and diblock and triblock arrangements of the substituents were considered. The backbone and spacer groups allow sufficient flexibility that long-lived associations between cholesterol mesogens form quite rapidly, as do more fluid associations between biphenyl and cholesterol mesogens. The study of the individual mesogen interactions and how these lead to larger scale aligned structures has provided insight into the nature of the liquid crystalline state in these materials.

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