IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/phsmap/v281y2000i1p105-111.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Formation and polarization of dipolar chains

Author

Listed:
  • Huang, Jiun-Yan
  • Lai, Pik-Yin

Abstract

Using polymer physics theory, we calculate the free energy difference of a single dipolar hard sphere chain and that of a dipolar fluid without chain structure at low density. The condition for the formation of a single dipolar chain is derived. A dipolar chain will be formed only when the dipole moment is stronger than a threshold value. For a dipolar chain consisting of N dipoles, the total dipole moment distribution is calculated to be a Gaussian function with finite-N correction. For a system consisting of many monodisperse dipolar chains, mean field calculations show that a phase transition occurs for sufficiently strong dipole strength or low enough temperature. The spontaneous polarization of the system and the critical dipole strength are also obtained. Furthermore, the chain length distribution function is obtained by the variational method.

Suggested Citation

  • Huang, Jiun-Yan & Lai, Pik-Yin, 2000. "Formation and polarization of dipolar chains," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 281(1), pages 105-111.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:281:y:2000:i:1:p:105-111
    DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00043-1
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378437100000431
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only. Journal offers the option of making the article available online on Science direct for a fee of $3,000
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00043-1?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Dipolar fluid; Polymer;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:281:y:2000:i:1:p:105-111. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/physica-a-statistical-mechpplications/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.