Fast Q-Tensor Method for Modeling Liquid Crystal Director Configurations with Defects

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Abstract

A fast Q-tensor method, which can model the configuration of the liquid crystal director fields containing defects, is proposed. Conceptually based on the Oseen-Frank approach, we have added temperature energy density terms in addition to the strain energy term. We have also derived an improved normalization method for fast calculations. The method is used to model the conversion of a reverse tilt wall to a pair of disclination lines. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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Article
Identifier(s)
10.1063/1.1523157
Publication Date
2002-11-18
Publication Title
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
81
Issue
21
First Page
3951
Last Page
3953
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Copyright 2002 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 3951 (2002) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1523157
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Lee, G.-D., Anderson, J., & Bos, P. (2002). Fast Q-Tensor Method for Modeling Liquid Crystal Director Configurations with Defects (1–). Applied Physics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1523157
Lee, Gi-Dong, James Anderson, and Philip Bos. 2002. “Fast Q-Tensor Method for Modeling Liquid Crystal Director Configurations With Defects”. Applied Physics Letters. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1523157.
Lee, Gi-Dong, et al. Fast Q-Tensor Method for Modeling Liquid Crystal Director Configurations With Defects. Applied Physics Letters, 18 Nov. 2002, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1523157.