A binary system of parallel hard spherocylinders and hard spheres are considered to examine influence of addition of spherical molecules to the pure system of rod-like molecules, especially the influence on the structure of the smectic-A phase. Free energy of the system is calculated through the second virial approximation, and nematic-smectic-A transition is estimated by stability analysis of nematic state with sinusoidal density fluctuation. Constant pressure Monte Carlo simulation is also used to confirm a prediction of the stability analysis which prediction indicates that the addition of spherical molecules induces a smectic-A phase as a microphase separation between the spheres and the spherocylinders.
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Koda, T., Numajiri, M., & Ikeda, S. (1996). Smectic-A Phase of a Bidisperse System of Parallel Hard Rods and Hard Spheres. Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 65(11), 3551–3556. https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.65.3551
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