Finite-dimensional global attractor for a system modeling the \(2D\) nematic liquid crystal flow (Q657859)

The authors consider a 2D system that models the nematic liquid crystal flow through the Navier-Stokes equations suitably coupled with a transport-reaction-diffusion equation for the averaged molecular orientations. This system has been proposed as a reasonable approximation of the well-known Ericksen-Leslie system. Taking advantage of previous well-posedness results and proving suitable dissipative estimates, here the authors show that the system endowed with periodic boundary conditions is a dissipative dynamical system with a smooth global attractor of finite fractal dimension.