We present a method for calculating, by computer simulation, the direct correlation function c(1; 2) for a molecular liquid in the form of a spherical harmonic expansion. This allows us to test, at the most fundamental level, predictions of the structure of molecular liquids using density functional and integral equation approaches. As an example, we test some simple ansatzes for c(1; 2) for pr...

The director alignment relative to the temperature gradient in nematic liquid crystal model systems consisting of soft oblate or prolate ellipsoids of revolution has been studied by molecular dynamics simulation. The temperature gradient is maintained by thermostating different parts of the system at different temperatures by using a Gaussian thermostat. It is found that the director of the pro...

We use magnetic thin film hard/non/soft-magnetic trilayer systems to probe the nature of the hard–soft phase interaction and the role played by dipolar fields in onedimensional (d) magnetic systems. We have systematically A.J. Zambano ( ) · H. Oguchi · I. Takeuchi Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Center for Superconductivity Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD...