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Landau-de Gennes theory of thermotropic biaxial nematics : a role of fluctuations
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| title: | Landau-de Gennes theory of thermotropic biaxial nematics : a role of fluctuations |
| author: | Cieśla Michał  , Longa Lech
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| Journal title: | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals |
| Title of volume: | Special Issue: Proceedings of the 23rd International Liquid Crystal Conference (ILCC 2010), Part VI of VIII |
| volume: | 545 |
| issue: | 1 |
| date of publication: | 2011 |
| pages: | 214/[1438]-219/[1443] |
| ISSN: |
1542-1406 |
| eISSN: |
1563-5287 |
| DOI: | |
| language: | English |
| Journal language: | English |
| abstract in other languages: | We generalize the phenomenological Landau-de Gennes theory of biaxial nematics by including fluctuations of the tensor order parameter. Then, using real-space Monte Carlo simulations we study how these fluctuations affect relative stability of the isotropic phase, the uniaxial nematic phase and the biaxial nematic phase of D2h symmetry. Results are confronted with earlier predictions of Landau- de Gennes theory. |
| keywords in english: | thermotropic biaxial nematics, tensor order parameter, Monte Carlo simulation, Landau-Ginzburg-de Gennes theory, fluctuations |
| affiliation: | Wydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut Fizyki im. Mariana Smoluchowskiego |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | academic paper |
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