Lebwohl-Lasher model

The Lebwohl-Lasher model is a lattice version of the Maier-Saupe mean field model of a nematic liquid crystal. The Lebwohl-Lasher model consists of a cubic lattice with the pair potential

$\Phi _{ij}=-\epsilon _{ij}P_{2}(\cos \beta _{ij})$

where $\epsilon _{ij}>0$, $\beta _{ij}$ is the angle between nearest neighbour particles $i$ and $j$, and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle P_2} is a second order Legendre polynomial.

Isotropic-nematic transition

(Ref. 3)

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Planar Lebwohl–Lasher model

The planar Lebwohl-Lasher appears when the lattice considered is two-dimensional. This system exhibits a Kosterlitz-Touless continuous transition. (Mondal, Roy; Physics Letters A, 2003, 312, 397-410) (Chiccoli, C.; Pasini, P. & Zannoni, C., Physica, 1988, 148A, 298-311)

References

1. P. A. Lebwohl and G. Lasher "Nematic-Liquid-Crystal Order—A Monte Carlo Calculation", Physical Review A 6 pp. 426 - 429 (1972)
   1. Erratum, Physical Review A 7 p. 2222 (1973)
2. U. Fabbri and C. Zannoni "A Monte Carlo investigation of the Lebwohl-Lasher lattice model in the vicinity of its orientational phase transition", Molecular Physics pp. 763-788 58 (1986)