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Smectic filaments in colloidal suspensions of rods

Author(s) -

Daan Frenkel,

Tanja Schilling

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

physical review. e, statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1095-3787

pISSN - 1063-651X

DOI - 10.1103/physreve.66.041606

Subject(s) - nucleation , protein filament , rod , materials science , supersaturation , colloid , isotropy , crystallization , kinetic monte carlo , monte carlo method , polymer , chemical physics , phase (matter) , colloidal particle , thermodynamics , optics , physics , composite material , chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , statistics , mathematics , pathology , quantum mechanics

In supersaturated isotropic mixtures of hard rods, smectic filaments have recently been observed. We propose a model for formation and growth of these filaments similar to the Hoffman-Lauritzen model for polymer crystallization. Filament thickness is determined by a compromise between maximizing the amount of smectic phase formed and minimizing the nucleation barrier for adding new segments to the growing filament. We compare our analytical results to kinetic Monte Carlo simulations.

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