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Title: Dynamics of transient pattern formation in nematic liquid crystals
Author: San Miguel Ruibal, Maximino
Sagués i Mestre, Francesc
Keywords: Cristalls líquids
Cristalls líquids nemàtics
Liquid crystals
Nematic liquid crystals
Issue Date: 1987
Publisher: The American Physical Society
Abstract: We analyze the dynamics of a transient pattern formation in the Fréedericksz transition corresponding to a twist geometry. We present a calculation of the time-dependent structure factor based on a dynamical model which incorporates consistently the coupling of the director field with the velocity flow and also the effect of fluctuations. The appearance and development of a characteristic periodicity is described in terms of the time dependence of the maximum of the structure factor. We find a well-defined time for the appearance of the pattern and a subsequent stage of pattern development in which the characteristic periodicity tends to an asymptotic value.
Note: Reproducció digital del document publicat en format paper, proporcionada per PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.36.1883
It is part of: Physical Review A, 1987, vol. 36, núm. 4, p. 1883-1893.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/9426
Related resource: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.36.1883
ISSN: 1050-2947
Appears in Collections:Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència dels Materials i Química Física)

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