Invariant integrals applied to nematic liquid crystals with small Ericksen number and topological defects

DOI10.1016/j.ijengsci.2013.11.015zbMath1423.76043OpenAlexW2016894915WikidataQ58891141 ScholiaQ58891141MaRDI QIDQ1617918

P. J. S. Pereira, Colin Atkinson

Publication date: 13 November 2018

Published in: International Journal of Engineering Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijengsci.2013.11.015

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic methodspartial differential equationsnematic liquid crystaltopological defectsconformal mapping methodericksen number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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Cites Work

• Reciprocal and related theorems for nematic liquid crystals
• Some constitutive equations for liquid crystals
• Flow of a nematic liquid crystal near the leading edge of an infinite prism
• Orientational director effects in nematic liquid crystals with small Ericksen number
• INTERFACIAL EFFECTS IN THE STATIC THEORY OF NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS
• Modeling anisotropic fluids within the framework of bodies with multiple natural configurations

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