Gradient theory of domain walls in thin, nematic liquid crystals films
Analysis of PDEs
2018-09-05 v1
Abstract
In this paper we describe domain walls appearing in a thin, nematic liquid crystal sample subject to an external field with intensity close to the Fr\'eedericksz transition threshold. Using the gradient theory of the phase transition adopted to this situation, we show that depending on the parameters of the system, domain walls occur in the bistable region or at the border between the bistable and the monostable region.
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@article{arxiv.1809.01034,
title = {Gradient theory of domain walls in thin, nematic liquid crystals films},
author = {Marcel G. Clerc and Michal Kowalczyk and Panayotis Smyrnelis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.01034},
year = {2018}
}
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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1706.03134