Defect structure of a nematic liquid crystal around a spherical particle: Adaptive mesh refinement approach

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 4-

  Fukuda, Jun ichi ^a   Yoneya, Makoto ^a   Yokoyama, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Nanotechnology Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENT (AMR); DEFECT CORE REGION; HOMEOTROPIC ANCHORING; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE;

EID: 37649032931     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.65.041709     Document Type: Article

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