Preferential alignment
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The preferential alignment is a criteria of an orientation of molecule or atom. The preferential alignment can be related to the formation of the crystal structure of an amorphous structure.
For a polymer material which is having liquid crystals, the liquid crystals are molecules shaped like rigid rods. Just as logs being floated down a river tend to travel in parallel, liquid crystals have a preferential alignment with each other. At high temperatures, this alignment is disrupted and the material is said to be in the isotropic state. At lower temperatures, the alignment will take place and the liquid crystals are said to be in the pneumatic state[Hoong.C.C]. I have simulated this transformation, focusing on the time-dependent (kinetic) behavior of this process.