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Orientational Transition in a Liquid Crystal Triggered by the Thermodynamic Growth of Interfacial Wetting Sheets
Published on: May 15, 2017
Simulations of flow-induced director structures in nematic liquid crystals through leslie-ericksen equations. II.
1Departamento de Cieinsertion markncia dos Materiais, Faculdade de Cieinsertion markncias e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, P-2825-114 Monte de Caparica, Portugal.
Abstract:
Computationally exact and approximate solutions of the Leslie-Ericksen equations for nematic liquid crystals in two dimensions are employed to calculate director distributions in cylindrical samples, rotating under the influence of a magnetic field. In particular, the time evolution of systems prepared initially in metastable states with respect to the magnetic field is investigated, and calculated director distributions are used to interpret rheo-NMR experiments in nematic liquid crystal polymers.

