Publications by authors named "Poshika Gandhi"
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on the phase behavior of twisted convex prisms (with shapes defined by specific geometries) utilizing Monte Carlo simulations for prisms of dimensions 3 and 4.
- Strong twisting of these prisms prevents biaxial phases from forming and instead stabilizes uniaxial nematic and smectic phases.
- The research highlights how the aspect ratio of the prisms affects phase behavior, showing that higher aspect ratios lead to biaxial phases while lower ratios relate to phases similar to hard cylinders.
We investigate heat current magnification (CM) due to asymmetry in the number of spins in two-branched classical as well as quantum spin systems that are kept between two heat baths at different temperatures. We study the classical Ising-like spin models using Q2R and Creutz cellular automaton dynamics. We show that just the difference in the number of spins is not enough and some other source of asymmetry like unequal spin-spin interaction strengths in the upper and lower branches is required for heat CM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper we study excluded volume interactions, the free volume fraction available, and the phase behaviour, in mixtures of hard spheres (HS) and hard rods, modeled as spherocylinders. We use free volume theory (FVT) to predict various physical properties and compare to Monte Carlo computer simulations. FVT is used at two levels.
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