Torsional conformation curve, effect

Figure 7 shows the distributions of (f in the isotropic phase of the simulated systems at temperatures close to the nematic/isotropic transition points. The distributions are practically featureless in the case of systems To and Tb (minor differences for these two systems are explained in Ref. [46]), while all features observed in the curves for systems T5 and Tq are seen to follow closely in position and intensity those present in the corresponding curves of Figure 4. Therefore, the distributions of

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