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Soumyajit Pramanick

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arXiv2026

"Ultra-weak" First-Order Phase Transition in Biaxial Liquid Crystals

We report high-resolution Monte Carlo evidence characterizing the hierarchy of transition strengths in biaxial nematogens. By employing multiple histogram reweighting on large lattices, we demonstrate that while the isotropic-to-uniaxial ($I \to N_U$) transition is symmetry-enforced first-order, the uniaxial-to-biaxial ($N_U \to N_B$) transition in the region between the tricritical point and the triple point ($λ= 0.26$) is proximity-driven and more than an order of magnitude smaller for large system sizes. Such a class of ultra-weak first-order transitions could be a new pathway for future investigations.

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arXiv2025

Phase diagram of a biaxial nematogenic lattice model: A Monte Carlo simulation study

The phase diagram for a lattice system of biaxial molecules possessing $D_{2h}$ symmetry and interacting with Straley's quadrupolar pair potential in Sonnet-Virga-Durand parameterization [A. M. Sonnet, E. G. Virga, and G. E. Durand, Phys. Rev. E {\bf67}, 061701 (2003)] has been determined using Monte Carlo simulation. Our results confirm that the nematogenic model yields both the uniaxial and biaxial nematic macroscopic phases along with a tricritical point in the transition from uniaxial to biaxial nematics as predicted in mean field theory. By analyzing the behavior of a free-energy-like function, derived from the probability distributions of energy, the order of phase transitions is detected. A conclusive numerical evidence in support of the existence of a tricritical point on the uniaxial-biaxial transition line in the phase diagram is reported. Although the nature of the phase diagram is qualitatively identical as obtained in the mean-field study however the location of the triple point differs significantly from theoretical prediction.

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arXiv2017

High accuracy Monte Carlo study of dispersion model of biaxial liquid crystals

We present a high accuracy Monte Carlo simulation study of the Isotropic - Nematic phase transition of a lattice dispersion model of biaxial liquid crystals. The NI coexistence curve terminating at the Landau critical point have been determined using multiple histogram reweighting technique. A close investigation reveals a sharp departure in the nature of the $N$-$I$ coexistence curve in temperature- biaxiality parameter phase diagram in comparison to the earlier theoretical (either mean-field or computer simulation) predictions.The coexitence curve shows a change in curvature with increasing value of the degree molecular biaxiality.

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