This package provides methods for running Monte Carlo simulations of lattice symmetry models that describe some types of liquid crystals. It is a follow-up on previous code that was used for obtaining results for my PhD dissertation, "Lattice Models of Biaxial, Tetrahedratic and Chiral Order". The aim is to reproduce all the results using well-tested code written in modern Python.
Python 3.7 is required. PyPi packages are coming. Until then, after cloning the package can be installed in development mode in a virtual environment:
pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt- Trojanowski, Karol, Michaƚ Cieśla, and Lech Longa. "Modulated nematic structures and chiral symmetry breaking in 2D." Liquid Crystals 44.1 (2017): 273-283.
- Trojanowski, Karol, et al. "Tetrahedratic mesophases, chiral order, and helical domains induced by quadrupolar and octupolar interactions." Physical Review E 86.1 (2012): 011704.
- Trojanowski, K., et al. "Theory of phase transitions of a biaxial nematogen in an external field." Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 540.1 (2011): 59-68.