Forces on solid bodies immersed in nematic phases

DOI10.1088/0305-4470/32/7/008MaRDI QIDQ4258364zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bernard D. Coleman, François Alouges

Publication date 2 November 1999

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/32/7/008

zbMATH Keywords

free-energy densityminimizer of total free energynet force on rodone-constant approximationstrong-anchoring boundary conditionstorque on rodtwo-dimensional director field

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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