One-Dimensional Ferronematics in a Channel: Order Reconstruction, Bifurcations, and Multistability

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

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

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

m a t h b f Q

and a vector-valued magnetisation

m a t h b f M

, 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} n f t y

bounds for

m a t h b f Q

and

m a t h b f M

; (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

zbMATH Keywords

uniqueness liquid crystal stable critical point dilute ferronematic suspension tensor-valued nematic order parameter vector-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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