Thermal fluctuations of director orientation in nematic liquid crystals with inclusions

We investigate thermal fluctuations of order parameters (director for mesomorphic subsystem and density for isomorphic liquid) in filled liquid crystal. We consider finite-size system with geometry of plane-parallel layer with zero boundary condition. We use a special model that takes into account t...

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Main Authors: A.N.Vasil'ev, I.P.Pinkevich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Condensed Matter Physics 2005-01-01
Series:Condensed Matter Physics
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5488/CMP.8.4.785