Sketch of the mesoscopic description of nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1016/J.JNNFM.2004.01.011MaRDI QIDQ2483973zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Wolfgang Muschik, Christina Papenfuß, Harald Ehrentraut

Publication date 1 August 2005

Published in Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnnfm.2004.01.011

zbMATH Keywords

Ericksen-Leslie theoryorientation distribution functionalignment tensors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

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