ABSTRACT
Controlling microscopic or macroscopic alignment of liquid crystalline dendrimers (LCDrs) in a porous media is an important feature for their possible potential applications. Here, we investigate structural and alignment behaviours of model LCDr system confined in a slit pore made of two parallel impenetrable walls. Isobaric–isothermal (NPT) Monte Carlo computational simulation method is used. A coarse-grained force field for inter-/intra-dendritic and LCDr-substrate interactions has been established. The inner surfaces of confining walls are made to induce homeotropic anchoring condition. According to simulation results, a variety of stable-ordered LCDr system states have been observed and analysed depending on the temperature and pressure.
GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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Acknowledgement
Zerihun G. Workineh acknowledges Marie Curie Initial Training Network FP7- PEOPLE-2007 for the financial support through the ITN-215884 DENDREAMERS project.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.