Equilibrium of nematic vesicles
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Publication:3060109
DOI10.1088/1751-8113/43/44/445207zbMATH Open1203.82103arXiv1112.0641OpenAlexW2039449868MaRDI QIDQ3060109FDOQ3060109
Publication date: 1 December 2010
Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We propose a continuum model to describe the molecular alignment in thin nematic shells. By contrast with previous accounts, the two-dimensional free energy, aimed at describing the physics of thin films of nematics deposited on curved substrates, is not postulated but it is deduced from the conventional three-dimensional theories of nematic liquid crystals. Both the director and the order-tensor theories are taken into account. The so-obtained surface energies exhibit extra terms compared to earlier models. These terms reflect the coupling of the geometry of the shell with the nematic order parameters. As expected, the shape of the shell plays a key role in the equilibrium configurations of nematics coating it.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.0641
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