Competition between local disordering and global ordering fields in nematic liquid crystals

Competition between local disordering and global ordering fields in nematic liquid crystals

We study the influence of external electric or magnetic field B on orientational ordering of nematic liquid crystals or of other rod-like objects (e.g. nanotubes immersed in a liquid) in the presence of random anisotropy field type of disorder. The Lebwohl–Lasher lattice type of semi-microscopic app...

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Main Authors: Matej Cvetko, Milan Ambrožič, Samo Kralj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2010-01-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
Subjects:
disorder
Imry-Ma theorem
liquid crystals
memory effect
orientational order
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.6.2

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