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Liquid crystal physics

the theory that long hard rods order into a nematic phase at high density because the gain in translational entropy outweighs the loss in orientational entropy.

In liquid crystal physics, Onsager theory of the isotropic-nematic transition refers to the theory that long hard rods order into a nematic phase at high density because the gain in translational entropy outweighs the loss in orientational entropy. This meaning comes from Onsager (1949) in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.[1]

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Onsager, L. (1949). The Effects of Shape on the Interaction of Colloidal Particles. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 51(4), 627-659. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1949.tb27296.x

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