The role of conformational disorder in solid-solid phase transitions of linear chain molecules (n-alkanes) arranged in a layer is studied in terms of a hamiltonian model. We define a new kind of chain coordinates appropriate to regimes with low conformational disorder. By performing an exact summation over such coordinates, we obtain the effective Hamiltonian describing the interchain interaction within the layer. Assuming, on a phenomenological basis, the existence of two zero temperature crystal structures (orthorhombic or monoclinic-triclinic), we show that only for the orthorhombic one, the coupling between conformational and lattice degrees of freedom results in a rotary phase. We study the mean values of the conformational defects in ...
We study the conformation of a linear polymer chain A in a melt of linear polymeric chains B of a di...
Some molecular crystals exhibit, as an intrinsic property, an orientational freedom of the molecules...
The low temperature FTIR spectra of long chain n-alkanes C198H398 and C246H494, crystallised from so...
We present a study of the phase behavior for models of n-alkanes with chain lengths up to C21 based ...
The monolayer arrays formed on liquid n-alkanes within ΔT ≈ 3 K of the normal freezing point T_F are...
Molecular dynamics calculations are used to study the effect of temperature on the interchain packin...
This work is concerned with providing the fundamental understanding of solid-fluid phase equilibrium...
Applications of dl_poly to solid-solid phase transitions are reviewed, with particular attention to ...
The effect of incorporation of a central functionality (ether linkage/olefin double bond) in an n-al...
The properties of the layered, or smectic, liquid crystals are explained in terms of progressive fre...
This thesis studies the phase behaviour of a variety of complex solid structures. The principal appr...
The structure and the dynamics of the rotator phase RI of nonadecane (C19H40) are investigated by Mo...
The basic step of crystallization of linear macromolecules is conformational ordering. If the orderi...
Order-Disorder phase transition in molecular systems, such as structural phase transformations in mo...
A material surface of pure constituents with a flexible molecular chain (amphiphilics) is considere...
We study the conformation of a linear polymer chain A in a melt of linear polymeric chains B of a di...
Some molecular crystals exhibit, as an intrinsic property, an orientational freedom of the molecules...
The low temperature FTIR spectra of long chain n-alkanes C198H398 and C246H494, crystallised from so...
We present a study of the phase behavior for models of n-alkanes with chain lengths up to C21 based ...
The monolayer arrays formed on liquid n-alkanes within ΔT ≈ 3 K of the normal freezing point T_F are...
Molecular dynamics calculations are used to study the effect of temperature on the interchain packin...
This work is concerned with providing the fundamental understanding of solid-fluid phase equilibrium...
Applications of dl_poly to solid-solid phase transitions are reviewed, with particular attention to ...
The effect of incorporation of a central functionality (ether linkage/olefin double bond) in an n-al...
The properties of the layered, or smectic, liquid crystals are explained in terms of progressive fre...
This thesis studies the phase behaviour of a variety of complex solid structures. The principal appr...
The structure and the dynamics of the rotator phase RI of nonadecane (C19H40) are investigated by Mo...
The basic step of crystallization of linear macromolecules is conformational ordering. If the orderi...
Order-Disorder phase transition in molecular systems, such as structural phase transformations in mo...
A material surface of pure constituents with a flexible molecular chain (amphiphilics) is considere...
We study the conformation of a linear polymer chain A in a melt of linear polymeric chains B of a di...
Some molecular crystals exhibit, as an intrinsic property, an orientational freedom of the molecules...
The low temperature FTIR spectra of long chain n-alkanes C198H398 and C246H494, crystallised from so...