Equilibrium order parameters of nematic liquid crystals in the Landau-De Gennes theory

We study equilibrium liquid crystal configurations in three-dimensional domains, within the continuum Landau-De Gennes theory. We obtain explicit bounds for the equilibrium scalar order parameters in terms of the temperature and material-dependent constants. We explicitly quantify the temperatur...

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Main Author: Majumdar, A
Format: Journal article
Published: 2009