Modeling and simulations of the spreading and destabilization of nematic droplets

DOI10.1063/1.3570863zbMath1308.76021OpenAlexW2038352323MaRDI QIDQ5245058

Lou Kondic, Te-Sheng Lin, Linda J. Cummings

Publication date: 1 April 2015

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/5c3d7f347ab6f7d5393e702a033d651fa5e858f1

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Thin fluid films (76A20) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15)

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• Evolution of a thin film of nematic liquid crystal with anisotropic surface energy
• Fingering instabilities in driven thin nematic films
• On the breakup of fluid films of finite and infinite extent

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