Landau theory for biaxial nematic liquid crystals with two order parameter tensors

Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 347-374

  Matteis, Giovanni De ^a   Sonnet, André M ^b   Virga, Epifanio G ^c  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biaxial liquid crystals; Landau theory; Nematic phases

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; DISPERSION FORCES; HOMOGENEOUS PHASES; LANDAU THEORIES; LANDAU THEORY; MOLECULAR PAIRS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; NEMATIC PHASES; ORDER PARAMETERS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL COEFFICIENTS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORIES; POLYNOMIAL POTENTIALS; TWO ORDER PARAMETERS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHYSICS; TENSORS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 57049102271     PISSN: 09351175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00161-008-0086-9     Document Type: Article

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