Monte Carlo Simulation of the Interfaces Liquid-Crystal and Liquid-Rigid Wall

Abstract

Abstract The structure of liquids at liquid-crystal and liquid-rigid wall interfaces was studied by the Monte Carlo method on systems consisting of either 128 Lennard-Jones atom s or 128 hard spheres. The resulting density profile can serve as a reference for the approximative methods based on the BGYB hierarchy of integral equations. The pair correlation function close to the rigid wall is found to deviate appreciably from the bulk liquid pair correlation function. The maxima and minima of g(r) are more pronounced in the first two layers of atom s close to the rigid wall.