Statistical mechanics of splay flexoelectricity in nematic liquid crystals

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Dhakal, Subas ^a   Selinger, Jonathan V ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; FLEXOELECTRIC EFFECTS; FLEXOELECTRICITY; INTERACTION PARAMETERS; LATTICE MODELS; LATTICE SITES; MEAN-FIELD CALCULATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEMATIC PHASE; POLAR ORDER; POLAR PHASE; SYSTEM APPROACH; THREE PHASIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPIN DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 77949712409     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.031704     Document Type: Article

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