Monte Carlo simulation liquid crystal formation

In this work, lattice Monte Carlo simulations are used to study the phase behaviour of a ternary system in which surfactants and the inorganic component are depicted by flexible chains of connected sites on a lattice box. Under no inorganic condensation conditions (where the reaction to form a 3-dimensional silica network is avoided due to the high pH of the solution), these systems phase separate into a hybrid liquid crystal phase in equilibrium with a solvent-rich phase [11]. In simulations, the formation of a hybrid-rich phase in equilibrium... 

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