Abstract
The methodology for calculating 2H NMR spectra, starting from Monte Carlo simulations of nematic droplets, is briefly reviewed. We focus on effects of translational diffusion, in particular on inhomogeneities in molecular motion close to the droplet wall, and establish a correspondence with the resulting NMR spectra for radial and bipolar droplets. Finally, we also present spectra for samples containing several bipolar droplets with randomly oriented droplet symmetry axes.