| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/A00582/01 |
| Title: |
MODELLING AND SIMULATING THE GLOBAL PHASE BEHAVIOUR OF LIQUID CRYSTAL MIXTURES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Galindo, Professor A |
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| Department: |
Chemical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
Advanced Fellowship (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 July 2000 |
Ends: |
30 June 2005 |
Value (£): |
219,024
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Complex fluids & soft solids |
Materials Characterisation |
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Predicting the phase behaviour of liquid crystals from molecular parameters with the accuracy achieved in classical fluids is still to be attained. This project will concentrate on devising a rigorous molecular approach to describe the phase behaviour in liquid crystals. Within the framework provided by statistical thermodynamics, it is possible to take advantage of the models already successfully applied to describe complex fluids and devise an equation of state that includes molecular anisotropy in terms repulsive as well as attractive interactions. The plan is then to investigate the entire phasespace of liquid crystal mixtures in terms of the molecular parameters, much in the spirit of the pioneering investigations carried out for van der Waals mixtures in the sixties. Such a study will be seminal in the field of liquid crystals, it will further our general understanding of phase behaviour and phase transitions in complex mixtures, new applications will develop as new phases are encountered, while controlling the composition will offer an economical way to the design of novel materials. To be able to predict the global phase behaviour of experimental liquid crystal mixtures is the final goal of this project.
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