Effect of a hydrodynamic flow on the orientation profiles of a nematic liquid crystal around a spherical particle

Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals

Volumn 435, Issue , 2005, Pages 75/[735]-85/[745]

  Yoneya, Makoto ^a   Fukuda, Jun Ichi ^c   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^d   Stark, Holger ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Colloid; Hydrodynamic flow; Hyperbolic hedgehog; Nematic liquid crystal; Saturn ring; Tensor order parameter

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS;

HYDRODYNAMIC FLOW; HYPERBOLIC HEDGEHOG; SATURN RING; TENSOR ORDER PARAMETER;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 33644772474     PISSN: 15421406     EISSN: 15635287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15421400590956009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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