Function spaces for liquid crystals

DOI10.1007/S00205-015-0913-7zbMATH Open1333.35178arXiv1411.5297OpenAlexW2125308897MaRDI QIDQ5962878FDOQ5962878

Stephen Bedford

Publication date: 25 February 2016

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the relationship between three continuum liquid crystal theories: Oseen-Frank, Ericksen and Landau-de Gennes. It is known that the function space is an important part of the mathematical model and by considering various function space choices for the order parameters $s$, $$, and $$, we establish connections between the variational formulations of these theories. We use these results to derive a version of the Oseen-Frank theory using special functions of bounded variation. This proposed model can describe both orientable and non-orientable defects. Finally we study a number of frustrated nematic and cholesteric liquid crystal systems and show that the model predicts the existence of point and surface discontinuities in the director.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.5297

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zbMATH Keywords

liquid crystalsvariational formulationsOseen-FrankLandau-de GennesEricksen

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Liquid crystals (76A15) Variational methods applied to PDEs (35A15) Optimality conditions for problems involving partial differential equations (49K20)

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