Free Energies and Specific Heats of the Nematics within Nonextensive Thermostatistics

O. Afsar; O. Kayacan

doi:10.3390/mca10030307

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1 December 2005

Free Energies and Specific Heats of the Nematics within Nonextensive Thermostatistics

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Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences and Arts Celal Bayar University, Muradiye, Manisa, Turkey

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Math. Comput. Appl.2005, 10(3), 307-312;https://doi.org/10.3390/mca10030307

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Abstract

In this study, the free energies and specific heats of the nematic liquid crystals are studied within Tsallis thermostatistics. In equilibrium, free energy of PAA (para-azoxyanisole) vs the order parameter is plotted, as well as its the specific heat vs temperature. The effect of the nonextensivity is illustrated for some values of the entropic index q.

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Tsallis thermostatistics; Maier-Saupe theory; nematic liquid crystals; equilibrium condition

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