Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol.113, No.14, 5971-5979, 2000
Do thermotropic biaxial nematics exist? A Monte Carlo study of biaxial Gay-Berne particles
We have investigated with extensive Monte Carlo simulations in the isothermal isobaric ensemble a system of N=8192 elongated attractive-repulsive biaxial Gay-Berne (GB) particles. We have found uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases and a biaxial orthogonal smectic phase in this thermotropic model system.