Order Reconstruction in a Nanoconfined Nematic Liquid Crystal between Two Coaxial Cylinders

Order Reconstruction in a Nanoconfined Nematic Liquid Crystal between Two Coaxial Cylinders

The dynamics of a disclination loop (s = ±1/2) in nematic liquid crystals constrained between two coaxial cylinders were investigated based on two-dimensional Landau–de Gennes tensorial formalism by using a finite-difference iterative method. The effect of thickness (d = R2 − R1, where R1 and R2 rep...

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Main Authors: Xuan Zhou, Zhidong Zhang, Qian Zhang, Wenjiang Ye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
liquid crystal
order reconstruction
disclination loop
cylindrical wall
biaxial transition
Landau–de Gennes theory
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/8/12/5446

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