Isotropic-nematic transition in a mixture of hard spheres and hard spherocylinders: scaled particle theory description

• Published in: Condensed Matter Physics
• Date: 2017
• Main Authors: Holovko, M.F., Hvozd, M.V.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2017
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/157023
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Isotropic-nematic transition in a mixture of hard spheres and hard spherocylinders: scaled particle theory description / M.F. Holovko, M.V. Hvozd // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2017. — Т. 20, № 4. — С. 43501: 1–11. — Бібліогр.: 46 назв. — англ.

The scaled particle theory is developed for the description of thermodynamical properties of a mixture of hard spheres and hard spherocylinders. Analytical expressions for free energy, pressure and chemical potentials are derived. From the minimization of free energy, a nonlinear integral equation...