Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-1993
Abstract
A thermotropic nematic phase of dipole mesogenic polymers with long-range interactions is considered. Using a graphical representation of the corresponding path integrals for the grand canonical ensemble, we derive a Dyson-type equation for the pair-correlation function. We calculate this correlation function in the random-phase approximation, accounting for anisotropic steric repulsion, dispersion, and dipole-dipole interactions between monomers. As an implication of the model, we calculate the (anisotropic) dielectric susceptibiity of a dipolar nematic polymer, which shows a divergent behavior at some critical temperature.
Publication Title
Physical Review E
Rights
© 1993 The American Physical Society.
Recommended Citation
Long-Range Interactions and the Pair-Correlation Function in Dipolar Main-Chain Nematic Polymers. Terentjev E.M., Petschek R.G., Physical Review E 48:3, 2034-2042 (1993).