Abstract
Monte Carlo calculations are used to examine orientational order in fluids of disk-shape particles with embedded dipoles. The dipoles are distributed over a circular ``patch'' of finite size. It is shown that such systems may undergo spontaneous polarization to form a stable ferroelectric discotic nematic phase.
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