Fluctuating dynamics of nematic liquid crystals using the stochastic method of lines

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Bhattacharjee, A K ^a   Menon, Gautam I ^a   Adhikari, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC CORRELATION; FLUCTUATING DYNAMICS; FLUCTUATION-DISSIPATION RELATION; GINZBURG-LANDAU; ISOTROPIC PHASE; ISOTROPIC-NEMATIC TRANSITIONS; LANGEVIN EQUATION; METHOD OF LINES; NEMATIC ORDER; NOISE TERMS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; STOCHASTIC METHODS; STRUCTURE FACTORS; TENSOR ORDER PARAMETER; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; TIME-DEPENDENT; VARIATIONAL EQUATIONS;

CRYSTALS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TENSORS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 77955674611     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3455206     Document Type: Article

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