Three-dimensional molecular dynamics simulations of reorientation process and backflow generation in nematic liquid crystals under application of electric fields

2011 ◽  
Vol 110 (4) ◽  
pp. 044911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfeus Sunarso ◽  
Tomohiro Tsuji ◽  
Shigeomi Chono
Author(s):  
Bharti bharti ◽  
Debabrata Deb

We use molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the ordering phenomena in two-dimensional (2D) liquid crystals over the one-dimensional periodic substrate (1DPS). We have used Gay-Berne (GB) potential to model the...


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Raiteri ◽  
Peter Kraus ◽  
Julian Gale

Molecular dynamics simulations of the liquid-liquid interface between water and 1,2-Dichloroethane in the presence of weak external electric fields.<div>The effect of the use of 3D periodic Ewald summation and the effect of the simulation setup are discussed.</div><div>A new simple geometric method for designing the simulation cell is proposed. This method was thoroughly tested shown that it mitigates any artefacts to the use of 3D Ewald summation with external electric field.</div>


1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sakamoto Shoichi

In order to investigate segregation of granular binary-mixtures in a horizontally rotating cylinder, three-dimensional molecular dynamics simulations are carried out. Two kinds of particles, which have different diameters and/or different roughness of surfaces, are segregated into three bands. It is found that particles receive averaged force cohesively at the boundaries of segregated bands. The present analysis shows that segregated narrow bands are formed by diffusion process and that the cohesive forces operating at the boundaries stabilize them.


2014 ◽  
Vol 937 ◽  
pp. 200-206
Author(s):  
Xiao Gang Li ◽  
Shu Ai Yang ◽  
Ming Jun Tang ◽  
Jing Lei ◽  
Hui Hu ◽  
...  

Various natural contamination components distributed on the surface of high-voltage insulators play important roles on the flashover hazard. Under the low humidity condition, the flashover voltage could be affected considerably by the sucrose contaminations. Molecular dynamics simulations have been carried out in order to reveal the microscopic mechanisms for the sucrose-involved flashover uptake. It is found that the diffusion of ions decreases significantly and thus the conductivity of aqueous medium is lowered apparently. In the presence of sucrose, the contact ion pairs formed between Na+ and Cl- ions are enhanced because both ions are less coordinated to water molecules. The influence of the external electric fields on the diffusion and conductivity were investigated as well. It is suggested that the sucrose contamination might lead to the uneven electric fields on the insulator surface.


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