Phase ordering in nematic liquid crystals.

We study the kinetics of the nematic-isotropic transition in a two-dimensional liquid crystal by using a lattice Boltzmann scheme that couples the tensor order parameter and the flow consistently. Unlike in previous studies, we find that the time dependences of the correlation function, energy densi...

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Autores principales: Denniston, C, Orlandini, E, Yeomans, J
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2001