Movie page for the Wilson group.

Movie page for the Wilson group.

Smectic A
200 ps (2027666 byte) MD mpeg movie for the smectic-A phase of a liquid crystal dimer molecule composed of two Gay-Berne particles linked via a flexible alkyl chain.

Smectic A (big)
400 ps (3971483 byte) MD mpeg movie for the smectic-A phase of a liquid crystal dimer molecule composed of two Gay-Berne particles linked via a flexible alkyl chain.

Liquid (pretransitional)
400 ps (1471571 byte) MD mpeg movie for the liquid phase of a liquid crystal dimer molecule composed of two Gay-Berne particles linked via a flexible alkyl chain. This is in the pretransitional region (at a temperature just above the transition to a smectic-A phase).

Nematic (small)
200 ps (2464835 byte) MD mpeg movie for the nematic phase of a liquid crystal molecule composed of a Gay-Berne particle with C7 and C3 flexible alkyl chains at each end of the molecule.

Nematic (big)
600 ps (7633603 byte) MD mpeg movie for the nematic phase of a liquid crystal molecule composed of a Gay-Berne particle with C7 and C3 flexible alkyl chains at each end of the molecule.

Atomistic Nematic
200 ps (3767095 byte) MD mpeg movie for the nematic phase of the molecule 5,5-BBCO at 300 K (C5 chain-bicyclooctane-bicyclooctane-C5 chain). (Molecules are wrapped around the end of the period box).

Atomistic Nematic
200 ps (6403551 byte) MD mpeg movie for the nematic phase of the molecule 5,5-BBCO at 300 K (C5 chain-bicyclooctane-bicyclooctane-C5 chain): close up showing molecular structure within the fluid