Investigation of the phase transition at the nematic liquid crystal-wall interface with P4-interaction

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 369, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 509-516

  Kayacan, Ozhan ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals; Phase transition; Surface order

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MAIER-SAUPE MODELS; NEMATIC MOLECULES; NEMATIC-ISOTROPIC PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE ORDERS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 33745713286     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.01.083     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Binder K. In: Domb C., and Lebowitz J.L. (Eds). Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena vol. 8 (1983), Academic Press, London 1
2. Dietrich S. In: Domb C., and Lebowitz J.L. (Eds). Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena vol. 11 (1983), Academic Press, London 1
3. Lipowsky R. Phys. Rev. Lett. 49 (1982) 1575
4. Lipowsky R., and Speth W. Phys. Rev. B 28 (1983) 3983
5. Sheng P. Phys. Rev. Lett. 37 (1976) 1059
6. Miyano K. J. Chem. Phys. 71 (1979) 4108
7. Mada H., and Kobayashi S. Appl. Phys. Lett. 35 (1979) 4
8. Miyano K. Phys. Rev. Lett. 43 (1979) 51
9. Sheng P. Phys. Rev. A 26 (1982) 1610
10. Lipowsky R. Phys. Rev. Lett. 49 (1982) 1575
11. Poniewierski A., and Sluckin T.J. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. 111 (1984) 373
12. Barbero G., and Evangelista L.R. Phys. Rev. E 65 (2002) 031708
13. Batalioto F., Evangelista L.R., and Barbero G. Phys. Lett. A 324 (2004) 198
14. G.P. Crawford, S. Zumer (Eds.), Liquid Crystals in Complex Geometries, Taylor & Francis, London, 1996.
15. Robbie K., Broer D.J., and Brett M. Nature 399 (1999) 764
16. Kelsall R.W., Pecchia A., Bourlange A., Movaghar B., Evans S.D., Hickey B.J., and Boden N. Physica E 17 (2003) 654
17. Iannacchione G.S., Crawford G.P., Zumer S., Doane J.W., and Finotello D. Phys. Rev. Lett. 71 (1993) 2595
18. Iannacchione G.S., Qian S., Finotello D., and Aliev F.M. Phys. Rev. E 56 (1997) 554
19. Uzelac K., Hasmy A., and Jullien R. Phys. Rev. Lett. 74 (1995) 422
20. Maier W., and Saupe A. Z. Naturforsch. 15a (1960) 287
21. Cognard J. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. (Suppl. Ser.) 78 (1982) 1
22. Poniewierski A., and Sluckin T.J. Liq. Cryst. 2 (1987) 281