Structural and conformational properties of a quasi-two-dimensional dipolarfluid

Abstract

A survey of the structural properties of a quasi-two-dimensional dipolarfluid is given with emphasis on the low-density regime where particlesself-assemble into clusters. The internal energy, conformational properties andequilibrium length distributions of the clusters are measured by means of MonteCarlo simulation and compared with equilibrium polymer theory. Thescaling forms of the length distribution functions predicted by theory arefound to describe the simulation results adequately. The existence andmechanisms of phase transitions in dilute dipolar fluids are discussed.