A molecular-dynamics simulation study of the switching dynamics of a nematic liquid crystal under an applied electrical field

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 9452-9459

  Tian, Pu ^a   Bedrov, Dmitry ^a   Smith, Grant D ^a   Glaser, Matthew ^b   Maclennan, Joseph E ^b  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

POSITIVE POLARIZABILITY ANISOTROPY; PRETILTED NEMATICS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0037159949     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1516190     Document Type: Article

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