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P‐115: 3D Simulations of Nematic and Cholesteric Liquid Crystals in Complex Geometries
Author(s) -
Shiyanovskii Sergij V.,
Lavrentovich Oleg D.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
sid symposium digest of technical papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.351
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 2168-0159
pISSN - 0097-966X
DOI - 10.1889/1.1832363
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , polar , anisotropy , anchoring , condensed matter physics , electric field , materials science , optics , divergence (linguistics) , elasticity (physics) , biaxial nematic , physics , composite material , quantum mechanics , linguistics , philosophy , structural engineering , engineering
The computer‐modeling program that simulates 3‐dimensional structures of nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals in arbitrary complex geometries, has been developed. The program takes into account anisotropic elasticity K 11 ≠K 22 ≠K 33 , pretilt angles on the boundaries, anisotropic surface polar and azimuthal anchoring, divergence elastic term K 24 , and inhomogeneity of the electric field.