Glass Formation in the Gay-Berne Nematic Liquid Crystal

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We present the results of molecular dynamics simulations of the Gay-Berne model of liquid crystals, supercooled from the nematic phase. We find a glass transition to a metastable phase with nematic order and frozen translational and orientational degrees of freedom. For fast quench rates the local structure is nematic-like, while for slower quench rates smectic order is present as well.
10 pages, 6 figures

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Condensed Matter, Chemical Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/27690

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https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9609277
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9609277

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