Abstract
Molecular dynamics simulation was performed for the systems consisting of a flexible regular tetrafunctional polymer network and a low molecular liquid crystal (LC) solvent. The LC solvent comprises of anisotropic rod-like semiflexible linear molecules composed of beads bonded by a FENE potential. Rigidity was induced by a bending potential, proportional to the cosine of the angle between neighbouring valence bonds. All interactions between non-bonded beads are described by the repulsive part of the Lennard–Jones potential. For comparison the simulations of the system of flexible polymer chains in a low molecular LC solvent and a system of pure low molecular LC solvent were also carried out. The influence of the network and linear chain polymer on the translational and rotational mobility of low molecular LC solvent was studied. The influence of the LC solvent ordering on the local translational mobility of the polymer chains was also observed.
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