Test of the scaled particle theory for aligned hard spherocylinders using Monte Carlo simulation

Abstract

We obtained the chemical potential of a system of parallel hard spherocylinders by calculating the insertion probability of the particle. As a technique to obtain the insertion probability, we used a gradual insertion method together with Monte Carlo simulation. The simulation results provide a test of the scaled particle theory, suggesting a better approximation of the equation-of-state of the nematic phase of aligned long hard spherocylinders compared to the original scaled particle theory.