Critical exponents and universality for the isotropic-nematic phase transition in a system of self-assembled rigid rods on a lattice
Monte Carlo simulations have been carried out for a system of monomers on square lattices that, by decreasing temperature or increasing density, polymerize reversibly into chains with two allowed directions and, at the same time, undergo a continuous isotropic-nematic (IN) transition. The results sh...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2009 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Recursos: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositório: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/125676 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/125676 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Critical exponents Phase transition Monte Carlo simulations Isotropic nematic https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Resumo: | Monte Carlo simulations have been carried out for a system of monomers on square lattices that, by decreasing temperature or increasing density, polymerize reversibly into chains with two allowed directions and, at the same time, undergo a continuous isotropic-nematic (IN) transition. The results show that the self-assembly process affects the nature of the transition. Thus, the calculation of the critical exponents and the behavior of Binder cumulants indicate that the universality class of the IN transition changes from two-dimensional Ising-type for monodisperse rods without self-assembly to q=1 Potts-type for self-assembled rods. |
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