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
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:	10.1080/15421406.2011.572017
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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