Kickback in nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1090/S0033-569X-2011-01265-5zbMath1235.82085MaRDI QIDQ3225363

Matthias Langer, João T. Pinto, Michael Grinfeld, Nigel J. Mottram, Fernando Pestana Da Costa

Publication date: 19 March 2012

Published in: Quarterly of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

nematic liquid crystals; singular perturbations; nonlocal operators; kickback

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

76A15: Liquid crystals

35Q82: PDEs in connection with statistical mechanics