Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of the Influence of Chirality on the Stability of the Smectic Q Liquid Crystal Phase

• Published in: The journal of physical chemistry. B Vol. 112; no. 29; pp. 8452 - 8458
• Main Authors: Yoneya, Makoto, Yamamoto, Takahiro, Nishiyama, Isa, Yokoyama, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 24.07.2008
• Subjects: B: Macromolecules, Soft Matter

The structure of smectic Q (SmQ) liquid crystal phase consisting of a dichiral molecule, called M7BBM7, was studied by submicrosecond molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. A detailed atomic model was used to study the stability of a model SmQ structure proposed by Levelut et al. ( Levelut A.-M. ; Hall...