Symmetry adapted molecular-field theory for thermotropic biaxial nematic liquid crystals and its expansion at low temperature

DOI10.1137/120897237MaRDI QIDQ2850684zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stefano Turzi, T. J. Sluckin

Publication date 30 September 2013

Published in SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/369792/1/Turzi%2526Sluckin2013postprint.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

phase transitionsliquid crystalsinvariance and symmetry properties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

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