Cesare Chiccoli (Avtor), Louiz Roberto Evangelista (Avtor), Paolo Pasini (Avtor), Gregor Skačej (Avtor), R. Teixeira de Souza (Avtor), Claudio Zannoni (Avtor)

Povzetek

We employ Monte Carlo simulations to study the defects occurring in a nematic droplet formed by biaxial molecules. The simulations are carried out using a lattice model based on a dispersive orientational biaxial potential previously employed to establish the rich phase diagram of the system. The focus of the present investigation is on the molecular organization inside the droplet when bipolar and toroidal anchoring conditions at the surface are considered. In both cases, we describe how the defect structure arises in the system, and we analyze the behavior of the defect core region in connection with the elastic properties of the phase in a continuum theory perspective.

Ključne besede

fizika kondenzirane snovi;tekoči kristali;nematske kapljice;simulacije;condensed matter physics;liquid crystals;nematic droplets;simulations;

Podatki

Jezik: Angleški jezik
Leto izida:
Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
Organizacija: UL FMF - Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko
UDK: 538.9
COBISS: 3390308 Povezava se bo odprla v novem oknu
ISSN: 2470-0045
Št. ogledov: 666
Št. prenosov: 380
Ocena: 0 (0 glasov)
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Sekundarni jezik: Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede: fizika kondenzirane snovi;tekoči kristali;nematske kapljice;simulacije;
Strani: str. 032702-1-032702-5
Letnik: ǂVol. ǂ100
Zvezek: ǂiss. ǂ3
Čas izdaje: 2019
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.100.032702
ID: 11362100