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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Phys Condens Matter. 2011 Aug 23;23(37):374103. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/37/374103

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Results of Monte Carlo simulations of a model with local node alignment. (A)–(C) Average porosity, largest gap, and band width at 500 s, as a function of the parameter ζrot/τ0 (which measures the resistance to rotation of the polarization axis) and the aligning force fal. ζrot/τ0 was varied in steps of 10 s rad−1 and fal in steps of 2 pN. The results for each pair of parameter values are averages of 1000 simulations. The case fal = 0 pN reduces to the pure SCPR model (no local node alignment). Dashed lines indicate boundaries of regions of observable quantities consistent with the criteria for viable ring formation of the main text. (D) Plot showing the overlap of regions in parameter space with porosity, largest gap and band width that meet the criteria for viable ring formation of the main text.