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Formation of ferroelectric domains observed in simulation of droplets of dipolar particles

Karlström, Gunnar LU (2007) In The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B 111(36). p.10745-10758
Abstract
In this work it is shown that domains of ordered dipoles are formed in large droplets made from dipolar particles provided that the dipole-dipole interaction between nearest neighbors is larger than the thermal energy. The size of the domains grows almost linearly with the size of the droplets for droplets containing 1000-30 000 particles. The largest domains occupy around 25-35% of the droplet volume. The total dipole moment of a domain is of the order of 3-10% of the maximum dipole moment possible if all dipoles in the domain were parallel. The finding offers an explanation to the observation that different boundary conditions yield different long-range order for dipolar liquids and challenges the present view of a short-range dipolar... (More)
In this work it is shown that domains of ordered dipoles are formed in large droplets made from dipolar particles provided that the dipole-dipole interaction between nearest neighbors is larger than the thermal energy. The size of the domains grows almost linearly with the size of the droplets for droplets containing 1000-30 000 particles. The largest domains occupy around 25-35% of the droplet volume. The total dipole moment of a domain is of the order of 3-10% of the maximum dipole moment possible if all dipoles in the domain were parallel. The finding offers an explanation to the observation that different boundary conditions yield different long-range order for dipolar liquids and challenges the present view of a short-range dipolar order in polar solvents. (Less)
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B
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10745 - 10758
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1520-5207
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10.1021/jp072178e
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English
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  author       = {{Karlström, Gunnar}},
  issn         = {{1520-5207}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{36}},
  pages        = {{10745--10758}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B}},
  title        = {{Formation of ferroelectric domains observed in simulation of droplets of dipolar particles}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp072178e}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jp072178e}},
  volume       = {{111}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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