Deformation of nematic liquid crystals in an electric field

DOI10.1017/S0956792501004740zbMath1027.76004OpenAlexW2018830342MaRDI QIDQ4551123

T. J. Sluckin, R. H. Self, Colin P. Please

Publication date: 12 January 2004

Published in: European Journal of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0956792501004740

zbMATH Keywords

nematic liquid crystalscritical voltageanisotropy of elastic stiffnessanisotropy of electrical permitivityFrank-Ericksen-Leslie liquid crystal continuum theorytwo parallel electrical conductors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Composite media; random media in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A48)

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