| 1 | Author | Reiner Memmer, Folkert Janssen | Requires cookie* |
| Title | Computer Simulation of Chiral Liquid Crystal Phases IX. Chiral Induction in Guest-host Systems - Calculation of the Helical Twisting Power  | ||
| Abstract | The chiral induction in liquid crystalline phases was studied by Monte Carlo simulation of the chiral Lebwohl-Lasher model. Binary guest-host systems composed of achiral and chiral molecules as well as of different chiral molecules were investigated in dependence on the composition. A cholesteric phase was induced by dissolving a small fraction of chiral molecules in a nematic phase. For dilute solutions the equilibrium pitch was found to be a linear function of the chiral dopant concentration. Independent of system size effects the application of self-determined boundary conditions enabled the determination of the symmetry adapted quantities for the chiral induction, the helical twisting power (HTP) and the achiral helical twisting power (AHTP). Additionally, a different orientational behaviour of enantiomer-ic dopants in the chiral surroundings of a cholesteric host phase has been determined. | ||
| Reference | Z. Naturforsch. 54a, 747—754 (1999); received October 29 1999 | ||
| Published | 1999 | ||
| Keywords | Chirality, Liquid Crystals, Computer Simulation, Induced Cholesteric Phases, Helical Twisting Power | ||
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