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	The response of a nematic liquid crystal		The response of a nematic liquid crystal
	to an external electric field depends on both the sign and the magnitude of <math>\Delta \epsilon</math>.		to an external electric field depends on both the sign and the magnitude of <math>\Delta \epsilon</math>.
			==Chiral nematic phase==
			See [[Chiral phases]].
	==Discotic nematic phase==		==Discotic nematic phase==
	[[Image:discotic_nematic_ellipsoid.png\|Discotic-nematic phase for the hard 6x6x1 ellipsoid model. \|thumb\|right]]		[[Image:discotic_nematic_ellipsoid.png\|Discotic-nematic phase for the hard 6x6x1 ellipsoid model. \|thumb\|right]]

Carl McBride: /* Biaxial nematic phase */ Added a book

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	*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3646310 Roberto Berardi, Juho S. Lintuvuori, Mark R. Wilson, and Claudio Zannoni "Phase diagram of the uniaxial and biaxial soft–core Gay–Berne model", Journal of Chemical Physics '''135''' 134119 (2011)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3646310 Roberto Berardi, Juho S. Lintuvuori, Mark R. Wilson, and Claudio Zannoni "Phase diagram of the uniaxial and biaxial soft–core Gay–Berne model", Journal of Chemical Physics '''135''' 134119 (2011)]
	*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4771592 Akihiko Matsuyama "Novel biaxial nematic phases of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers", Journal of Chemical Physics '''137''' 224906 (2012)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4771592 Akihiko Matsuyama "Novel biaxial nematic phases of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers", Journal of Chemical Physics '''137''' 224906 (2012)]
			* Geoffrey R. Luckhurst, Timothy J. Sluckin (Eds.) "Biaxial Nematic Liquid Crystals: Theory, Simulation and Experiment", Wiley-Blackwell (2011) ISBN 1444304550

	==References==		==References==
	<references/>		<references/>
	[[category: liquid crystals]]		[[category: liquid crystals]]

Carl McBride: /* Biaxial nematic phase */ Added a recent publication

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	*[http://przyrbwn.icm.edu.pl/APP/ABSTR/120/a120-3-1.html A. Kapanowski "Statistical Theory of Biaxial Nematic and Cholesteric Phases", Acta Physica Polonica A '''120''' pp. 351-367 (2011)]		*[http://przyrbwn.icm.edu.pl/APP/ABSTR/120/a120-3-1.html A. Kapanowski "Statistical Theory of Biaxial Nematic and Cholesteric Phases", Acta Physica Polonica A '''120''' pp. 351-367 (2011)]
	*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3646310 Roberto Berardi, Juho S. Lintuvuori, Mark R. Wilson, and Claudio Zannoni "Phase diagram of the uniaxial and biaxial soft–core Gay–Berne model", Journal of Chemical Physics '''135''' 134119 (2011)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3646310 Roberto Berardi, Juho S. Lintuvuori, Mark R. Wilson, and Claudio Zannoni "Phase diagram of the uniaxial and biaxial soft–core Gay–Berne model", Journal of Chemical Physics '''135''' 134119 (2011)]
			*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4771592 Akihiko Matsuyama "Novel biaxial nematic phases of side-chain liquid crystalline polymers", Journal of Chemical Physics '''137''' 224906 (2012)]

	==References==		==References==
	<references/>		<references/>
	[[category: liquid crystals]]		[[category: liquid crystals]]

Carl McBride: /* Biaxial nematic phase */ Added a recent publication

2011-10-10T10:56:32Z

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	*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3117925 Prabir K. Mukherjee and Kallol Sen "On a new topology in the phase diagram of biaxial nematic liquid crystals", Journal of Chemical Physics '''130''' 141101 (2009)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3117925 Prabir K. Mukherjee and Kallol Sen "On a new topology in the phase diagram of biaxial nematic liquid crystals", Journal of Chemical Physics '''130''' 141101 (2009)]
	*[http://przyrbwn.icm.edu.pl/APP/ABSTR/120/a120-3-1.html A. Kapanowski "Statistical Theory of Biaxial Nematic and Cholesteric Phases", Acta Physica Polonica A '''120''' pp. 351-367 (2011)]		*[http://przyrbwn.icm.edu.pl/APP/ABSTR/120/a120-3-1.html A. Kapanowski "Statistical Theory of Biaxial Nematic and Cholesteric Phases", Acta Physica Polonica A '''120''' pp. 351-367 (2011)]
			*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3646310 Roberto Berardi, Juho S. Lintuvuori, Mark R. Wilson, and Claudio Zannoni "Phase diagram of the uniaxial and biaxial soft–core Gay–Berne model", Journal of Chemical Physics '''135''' 134119 (2011)]

	==References==		==References==
	<references/>		<references/>
	[[category: liquid crystals]]		[[category: liquid crystals]]

Carl McBride: /* Biaxial nematic phase */ Added a recent publication

2011-09-23T07:45:54Z

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	*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/46/463101 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, Silvia Orlandi, Matteo Ricci and Claudio Zannoni "Computer simulations of biaxial nematics", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter '''20''' 463101 (2008)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/46/463101 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, Silvia Orlandi, Matteo Ricci and Claudio Zannoni "Computer simulations of biaxial nematics", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter '''20''' 463101 (2008)]
	*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3117925 Prabir K. Mukherjee and Kallol Sen "On a new topology in the phase diagram of biaxial nematic liquid crystals", Journal of Chemical Physics '''130''' 141101 (2009)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3117925 Prabir K. Mukherjee and Kallol Sen "On a new topology in the phase diagram of biaxial nematic liquid crystals", Journal of Chemical Physics '''130''' 141101 (2009)]
			*[http://przyrbwn.icm.edu.pl/APP/ABSTR/120/a120-3-1.html A. Kapanowski "Statistical Theory of Biaxial Nematic and Cholesteric Phases", Acta Physica Polonica A '''120''' pp. 351-367 (2011)]

	==References==		==References==
	<references/>		<references/>
	[[category: liquid crystals]]		[[category: liquid crystals]]

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2009-04-14T15:47:59Z

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	[[Image:nematic_ellipsoid.png\|Nematic phase for the hard 6x1x1 ellipsoid model. \|thumb\|right]]		[[Image:nematic_ellipsoid.png\|Nematic phase for the hard 6x1x1 ellipsoid model. \|thumb\|right]]
	The nematic phase has orientational order, but no positional order.		The '''nematic phase''' of a [[liquid crystals \|liquid crystal]] has orientational order, but no positional order
	~~==Discotic nematic phase==~~		<ref>[http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Physics/MaterialsScience/?view=usa&ci=9780198517856 Pierre-Gilles De Gennes and J. Prost "Physics of Liquid Crystals" (1995)]</ref>.
	[~~[Image~~:~~discotic_nematic_ellipsoid~~.~~png\|Discotic~~-~~nematic phase for the hard 6x6x1 ellipsoid model~~. ~~\|thumb\|right]~~]
	==Dielectric tensor==		==Dielectric tensor==
	In the uniaxial nematic phase, defining the ''z''-axis to be parallel to the nematic axis, one has		In the uniaxial nematic phase, defining the ''z''-axis to be parallel to the nematic axis, one has
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	The response of a nematic liquid crystal		The response of a nematic liquid crystal
	to an external electric field depends on both the sign and the magnitude of <math>\Delta \epsilon</math>.		to an external electric field depends on both the sign and the magnitude of <math>\Delta \epsilon</math>.
			==Discotic nematic phase==
			[[Image:discotic_nematic_ellipsoid.png\|Discotic-nematic phase for the hard 6x6x1 ellipsoid model. \|thumb\|right]]
	==Biaxial nematic phase==		==Biaxial nematic phase==
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.267801 Jorge Peláez and Mark R. Wilson "Atomistic Simulations of a Thermotropic Biaxial Liquid Crystal", Physical Review Letters '''97''' 267801 (2006)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.267801 Jorge Peláez and Mark R. Wilson "Atomistic Simulations of a Thermotropic Biaxial Liquid Crystal", Physical Review Letters '''97''' 267801 (2006)]
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2007.03.026 Carl McBride and Enrique Lomba "Hard biaxial ellipsoids revisited: Numerical results", Fluid Phase Equilibria '''255''' pp. 37-45 (2007)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2007.03.026 Carl McBride and Enrique Lomba "Hard biaxial ellipsoids revisited: Numerical results", Fluid Phase Equilibria '''255''' pp. 37-45 (2007)]
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2815804 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, and Claudio Zannoni "Field response and switching times in biaxial nematics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''128''' 024905 (2008)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2815804 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, and Claudio Zannoni "Field response and switching times in biaxial nematics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''128''' 024905 (2008)]
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/46/463101 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, Silvia Orlandi, Matteo Ricci and Claudio Zannoni "Computer simulations of biaxial nematics", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter '''20''' 463101 (2008)]		*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/46/463101 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, Silvia Orlandi, Matteo Ricci and Claudio Zannoni "Computer simulations of biaxial nematics", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter '''20''' 463101 (2008)]
			*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3117925 Prabir K. Mukherjee and Kallol Sen "On a new topology in the phase diagram of biaxial nematic liquid crystals", Journal of Chemical Physics '''130''' 141101 (2009)]
	==References==		==References==
			<references/>
	[[category: liquid crystals]]		[[category: liquid crystals]]

Carl McBride: /* Biaxial nematic phase */ Added a new review.

2008-12-09T11:46:28Z

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	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2007.03.026 Carl McBride and Enrique Lomba "Hard biaxial ellipsoids revisited: Numerical results", Fluid Phase Equilibria '''255''' pp. 37-45 (2007)]		#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2007.03.026 Carl McBride and Enrique Lomba "Hard biaxial ellipsoids revisited: Numerical results", Fluid Phase Equilibria '''255''' pp. 37-45 (2007)]
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2815804 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, and Claudio Zannoni "Field response and switching times in biaxial nematics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''128''' 024905 (2008)]		#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2815804 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, and Claudio Zannoni "Field response and switching times in biaxial nematics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''128''' 024905 (2008)]
			#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/20/46/463101 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, Silvia Orlandi, Matteo Ricci and Claudio Zannoni "Computer simulations of biaxial nematics", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter '''20''' 463101 (2008)]

	==References==		==References==
	[[category: liquid crystals]]		[[category: liquid crystals]]

Carl McBride: /* Biaxial nematic phase */

2008-01-23T14:40:20Z

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	to an external electric field depends on both the sign and the magnitude of <math>\Delta \epsilon</math>.		to an external electric field depends on both the sign and the magnitude of <math>\Delta \epsilon</math>.
	==Biaxial nematic phase==		==Biaxial nematic phase==
			#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.267801 Jorge Peláez and Mark R. Wilson "Atomistic Simulations of a Thermotropic Biaxial Liquid Crystal", Physical Review Letters '''97''' 267801 (2006)]
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2007.03.026 Carl McBride and Enrique Lomba "Hard biaxial ellipsoids revisited: Numerical results", Fluid Phase Equilibria '''255''' pp. 37-45 (2007)]		#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2007.03.026 Carl McBride and Enrique Lomba "Hard biaxial ellipsoids revisited: Numerical results", Fluid Phase Equilibria '''255''' pp. 37-45 (2007)]
	#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2815804 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, and Claudio Zannoni "Field response and switching times in biaxial nematics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''128''' 024905 (2008)]		#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2815804 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, and Claudio Zannoni "Field response and switching times in biaxial nematics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''128''' 024905 (2008)]

	==References==		==References==
	[[category: liquid crystals]]		[[category: liquid crystals]]

Carl McBride at 10:07, 15 January 2008

2008-01-15T10:07:13Z

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	The response of a nematic liquid crystal		The response of a nematic liquid crystal
	to an external electric field depends on both the sign and the magnitude of <math>\Delta \epsilon</math>.		to an external electric field depends on both the sign and the magnitude of <math>\Delta \epsilon</math>.
			==Biaxial nematic phase==
			#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fluid.2007.03.026 Carl McBride and Enrique Lomba "Hard biaxial ellipsoids revisited: Numerical results", Fluid Phase Equilibria '''255''' pp. 37-45 (2007)]
			#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2815804 Roberto Berardi, Luca Muccioli, and Claudio Zannoni "Field response and switching times in biaxial nematics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''128''' 024905 (2008)]
	==References==		==References==
	[[category: liquid crystals]]		[[category: liquid crystals]]

Carl McBride at 13:20, 7 October 2007

2007-10-07T13:20:25Z

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	[[Image:nematic_ellipsoid.png\|Nematic phase for the hard 6x1x1 ellipsoid model. \|thumb\|right]]		[[Image:nematic_ellipsoid.png\|Nematic phase for the hard 6x1x1 ellipsoid model. \|thumb\|right]]
	The nematic phase has orientational order, but no positional order.		The nematic phase has orientational order, but no positional order.
			==Discotic nematic phase==
			[[Image:discotic_nematic_ellipsoid.png\|Discotic-nematic phase for the hard 6x6x1 ellipsoid model. \|thumb\|right]]
	==Dielectric tensor==		==Dielectric tensor==
	In the uniaxial nematic phase, defining the ''z''-axis to be parallel to the nematic axis, one has		In the uniaxial nematic phase, defining the ''z''-axis to be parallel to the nematic axis, one has