Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals.
We study the growth of aligned domains in nematic liquid crystals. Results are obtained solving the Beris-Edwards equations of motion using the lattice Boltzmann approach. Spatial anisotropy in the domain growth is shown to be a consequence of the flow induced by the changing order parameter field (...
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| author | Tóth, G Denniston, C Yeomans, J |
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| description | We study the growth of aligned domains in nematic liquid crystals. Results are obtained solving the Beris-Edwards equations of motion using the lattice Boltzmann approach. Spatial anisotropy in the domain growth is shown to be a consequence of the flow induced by the changing order parameter field (backflow). The generalization of the results to the growth of a cylindrical domain, which involves the dynamics of a defect ring, is discussed. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9710cdba-4a25-42ce-8785-d992fbf696962022-03-26T23:57:01ZHydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9710cdba-4a25-42ce-8785-d992fbf69696EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Tóth, GDenniston, CYeomans, JWe study the growth of aligned domains in nematic liquid crystals. Results are obtained solving the Beris-Edwards equations of motion using the lattice Boltzmann approach. Spatial anisotropy in the domain growth is shown to be a consequence of the flow induced by the changing order parameter field (backflow). The generalization of the results to the growth of a cylindrical domain, which involves the dynamics of a defect ring, is discussed. |
| spellingShingle | Tóth, G Denniston, C Yeomans, J Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals. |
| title | Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals. |
| title_full | Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals. |
| title_fullStr | Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals. |
| title_short | Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals. |
| title_sort | hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals |
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