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From microscopic theory to macroscopic theory: dynamics of the rod-like liquid crystal molecules

Analysis of PDEs 2016-11-26 v1

Abstract

Starting from Doi-Onsager equation for the liquid crystal, we first derive the Q-tensor equation by the Bingham closure. Then we derive the Ericksen-Leslie equation from the Q-tensor equation by taking the small Deborah number limit.

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@article{arxiv.1305.4721,
  title  = {From microscopic theory to macroscopic theory: dynamics of the rod-like liquid crystal molecules},
  author = {Wei Wang and Pingwen Zhang and Zhifei Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1305.4721},
  year   = {2016}
}

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23 pages, 1 figure