Computer simulation of chiral liquid crystal phases — VII. The Chiral Gay‐Berne Discogen

The phase structures of chiral discotic liquid crystals were studied by computer simulations. Bulk systems composed of uniaxial chiral discotic molecules with interactions described by the Gay‐Berne potential and an additive term for the energy of the chiral interaction were investigated using Monte Carlo (MC) simulations in the NVT ensemble. A discotic cholesteric phase (ND* and a discotic blue phase (BPDII) were observed along an isotherm in dependence on the chirality parameter describing the strength of the chiral interaction. All phases were characterised by order parameters, scalar and pseudoscalar orientational correlation functions, and visual representations of selected configurations.