%0 Journal Article
%T Molecular theory of nematic liquid crystals viewed as effect of collective excitation in ferromagnetic systems
%A Liu Jian-Jun
%A Shen Man
%A Liu Xiao-Jing
%A Yang Guo-Chen
%A <br>刘建军
%A 沈曼
%A 刘晓静
%A 杨国琛
%J 中国物理 B
%D 2006
%I 
%X We develop a microscopic theory of the nematic phase with consideration of the effect of the collective excitation on properties of nematic liquid crystals. The model is based on the Heisenberg's exchange model of the ferromagnetic materials. Since the orientation of the molecular long axis and the angular momentum of the molecule rotating around its long axis have the same direction, operators can be introduced to research the nematic liquid crystals. Using the lattice model and the Holstein--Primakoff transformation, the Hamiltonian of the system can be obtained, which has the same form as that of the ferromagnetic substance. The relation between the order parameter and reduced temperature can be gotten. It is in good agreement with the experimental results in the low temperature region, the accordance is better than that of the molecular field theory and the computer simulation. In high temperature region close to the transition point, by considering the effect of the higher-order terms in the Hamiltonian, theoretical prediction is in better agreement with the experiment. That indicates the many-body effect is important to nematic liquid crystals.
%K nematic liquid crystals
%K collective excitation
%K order parameters<br>分子理论
%K 向列液晶
%K 铁磁系统
%K 集体刺激
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