Hard models for particle interactions have played a crucial role in the understanding of the
structure of condensed matter. In particular, they help to explain the formation of oriented …

Confined samples of liquid crystals are characterized by a variety of topological defects and
can be exposed to external constraints such as extreme confinements with nontrivial …

Using a minimal algebraic model for the thermodynamics of binary rod-polymer mixtures, we
provide evidence for a quintuple phase equilibrium; an observation that seems to be at odds …

Observing and characterizing the complex ordering phenomena of liquid crystals subjected
to external constraints constitutes an ongoing challenge for chemists and physicists alike. To …

A density functional theory for the bulk phase diagram of two-dimensional orientable hard
rods is proposed and tested against Monte Carlo computer simulation data. In detail, an …

While in principle, classical density functional theory (cDFT) should be a powerful tool for the
study of crystallization, in practice this has not so far been the case. Progress has been …

We develop a novel data-driven approach to the inverse problem of classical statistical
mechanics: Given the experimental data on the collective motion of a classical many-body …

Density functional theory (DFT) for hard bodies provides a theoretical description of the
effect of particle shape on inhomogeneous fluids. We present improvements of the DFT …

Using grand-canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations, we investigate the isotropic-
nematic phase transition for hard rods of size L× 1× 1 on a three-dimensional cubic lattice …

Based on simplifications of previous numerical calculations [H. Graf and H. Löwen, Phys.
Rev. E 59, 1932 (1999) 1063-651X 10.1103/PhysRevE. 59.1932], we propose algebraic free …