Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v2 Materials Science
Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We study the growth of aligned domains in nematic liquid crystals. Results are obtained solving the Beris-Edwards equations of motion using the lattice Boltzmann approach. Spatial anisotropy in the domain growth is shown to be a consequence of the flow induced by the changing order parameter field (backflow). The generalization of the results to the growth of a cylindrical domain, which involves the dynamics of a defect ring, is discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0207322,
title = {Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals},
author = {Geza Toth and Colin Denniston and J. M. Yeomans},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0207322},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
12 revtex-style pages, including 12 figures; small changes before publication