Liquid crystals and their defects by Ball, J

“…These lectures describe some classical models of liquid crystals, the relations between them, and the different ways in which these models describe defects.…”

Mathematics and liquid crystals by Ball, J

“…A review is given of some mathematical contributions, ideas and questions concerning liquid crystals.…”

Instabilities in liquid crystal elastomers by Mihai, LA, Goriely, A

“…Stability is an important and fruitful avenue of research for liquid crystal elastomers. At constant temperature, upon stretching, the homogeneous state of a nematic body becomes unstable, and alternating shear stripes develop at very low stress. …”

Flexoelectricity in nematic liquid crystals by Kischka, C

“…<p>Flexoelectricity in liquid crystals is thought to be due to a coupling between dielectric properties and shape anisotropy of the molecules and described by the flexoelectric coefficients <em><em>e</em>₁ and e3. …”

Simulations of liquid crystal hydrodynamics. by Denniston, C, Orlandini, E, Toth, G, Yeomans, J

Liquid crystal elastomers wrinkling by Goriely, A, Mihai, LA

“…When a liquid crystal elastomer layer is bonded to an elastic layer, it creates a bilayer with interesting properties that can be activated by applying traction at the boundaries or by optothermal stimulation. …”

MULTICRITICALITY IN HEXATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS by Aharony, A

Confinement of colloidal liquid crystals by Dammone, O

“…<p>The behavior of colloidal liquid crystals in confinement is addressed on the single particle level using laser scanning confocal microscopy. …”

The Oseen-Frank theory of liquid crystals by Liu, L

Viscous fingering and liquid crystals in confinement by Zacharoudiou, I

“…</p> <p>In the second part of the thesis we examine nematic liquid crystals confined in wedge-structured geometries. …”

Modeling nematohydrodynamics in liquid crystal devices by Toth, G, Denniston, C, Yeomans, J

“…We formulate a lattice Boltzmann algorithm which solves the hydrodynamic equations of motion for nematic liquid crystals. The applicability of the approach is demonstrated by presenting results for two liquid crystal devices where flow has an important role to play in the switching. …”

Rheology of distorted nematic liquid crystals by Marenduzzo, D, Orlandini, E, Yeomans, J

Phase ordering in nematic liquid crystals. by Denniston, C, Orlandini, E, Yeomans, J

“…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. …”

Domain motion in confined liquid crystals by Denniston, C, Toth, G, Yeomans, J

“…We extend a lattice Boltzmann algorithm of liquid crystal hydrodynamics to include an applied electric field. …”

Multistability in planar liquid crystal wells by Luo, C, Majumdar, A, Erban, R

“…A planar bistable liquid crystal device, reported in Tsakonas, is modeled within the Landau-de Gennes theory for nematic liquid crystals. …”

Applications of liquid crystals in aerodynamic testing by Bonnett, P, Bonnett, Paul

Subjects: “…Liquid crystals…”

The dynamics of bistable liquid crystal wells by Luo, C, Majumdar, A, Erban, R

“…A planar bistable liquid crystal device, reported in Tsakonas et al. [27], is modelled within the Landau-de Gennes theory for nematic liquid crystals. …”

A liquid-crystal model for friction. by Cheng, C, Kellogg, L, Shkoller, S, Turcotte, D

“…We use a nematic liquid crystal in a channel between two parallel planes to model frictional sliding. …”

Permeative flows in cholesteric liquid crystals. by Marenduzzo, D, Orlandini, E, Yeomans, J

“…We use lattice Boltzmann simulations to solve the Beris-Edwards equations of motion for a cholesteric liquid crystal subjected to Poiseuille flow along the direction of the helical axis (permeative flow). …”

Multistability in planar liquid crystal wells. by Luo, C, Majumdar, A, Erban, R

“…A planar bistable liquid crystal device, reported in Tsakonas et al. [Appl. …”