Publication: Predicting the phases of a two-dimensional hard-rod system with real-space self-consistent field theory

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Title	Predicting the phases of a two-dimensional hard-rod system with real-space self-consistent field theory
Authors/Editors*	Russell B. Thompson
Where published*	Physical Review E
How published*	Journal
Year*	2006
Volume	74
Number	-1
Pages	041501
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Keywords	self-consistent field theory, density functional theory, materials structure, hard rods, liquid crystals
Link	http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRE/v74/e041501
Abstract	Polymer self-consistent field theory numerical tools are applied to a two-dimensional hard-rod colloidal system. Rods are represented through an interaction site model density functional theory that is derived and expressed from a self-consistent field theory perspective. A weighted density approximation is used within the density functional theory, and the phase space is sampled without bias for any particular morphology. A completely ordered crystal phase is found as well as a liquid crystal state.