Global orientation dynamics for liquid crystalline polymers

DOI10.1016/j.physd.2007.02.008zbMath1183.82101MaRDI QIDQ882307

Hai-liang Liu

Publication date: 23 May 2007

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2007.02.008

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic stability; phase transition; Doi-Smoluchowski equation; orientation dynamics; rigid rod-like polymers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76A05: Non-Newtonian fluids

82D60: Statistical mechanics of polymers

82D30: Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses)

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