One-dimensional ferronematics in a channel: order reconstruction, bifurcations, and multistability

DOI10.1137/21M1400171zbMATH Open1503.76008arXiv2102.06347OpenAlexW3133210440MaRDI QIDQ5073747FDOQ5073747

Authors: James Dalby, P. E. Farrell, Apala Majumdar, Jingmin Xia 

Publication date: 3 May 2022

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

Abstract: We study a model system with nematic and magnetic orders, within a channel geometry modelled by an interval, $[-D,D]$. The system is characterised by a tensor-valued nematic order parameter $mathbfQ$ and a vector-valued magnetisation $mathbfM$, and the observable states are modelled as stable critical points of an appropriately defined free energy. In particular, the full energy includes a nemato-magnetic coupling term characterised by a parameter $c$. We (i) derive $L^{i}nfty$ bounds for $mathbfQ$ and $mathbfM$; (ii) prove a uniqueness result in parameter regimes defined by $c$, $D$ and material- and temperature-dependent correlation lengths; (iii) analyse order reconstruction solutions, possessing domain walls, and their stabilities as a function of $D$ and $c$ and (iv) perform numerical studies that elucidate the interplay of $c$ and $D$ for multistability.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.06347

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zbMATH Keywords

uniquenessliquid crystalstable critical pointdilute ferronematic suspensiontensor-valued nematic order parametervector-valued magnetization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Liquid crystals (76A15) Suspensions (76T20) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

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• A Multifaceted Study of Nematic Order Reconstruction in Microfluidic Channels
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Uses Software

• PETSc
• MUMPS
• Firedrake

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