Multiscale models of colloidal dispersion of particles in nematic liquid crystals
Multiscale models of colloidal dispersion of particles in nematic liquid crystals
We use homogenization theory to develop a multiscale model of colloidal dispersion of particles in nematic liquid crystals under weak-anchoring conditions. We validate the model by comparing it with simulations by using the Landau–de Gennes free energy and show that the agreement is excellent. We then use the multiscale model to study the effect that particle anisotropy has on the liquid crystal: spherically symmetric particles always reduce the effective elastic constant. Asymmetric particles introduce an effective alignment field that can increase the Fredericks threshold and decrease the switch-off time.
Bennett, Thomas P.
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D'Alessandro, Giampaolo
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Daly, Keith R.
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Bennett, Thomas P.
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D'Alessandro, Giampaolo
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Daly, Keith R.
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Bennett, Thomas P., D'Alessandro, Giampaolo and Daly, Keith R.
(2014)
Multiscale models of colloidal dispersion of particles in nematic liquid crystals.
Physical Review E, 90 (6), [62505].
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.90.062505).
Abstract
We use homogenization theory to develop a multiscale model of colloidal dispersion of particles in nematic liquid crystals under weak-anchoring conditions. We validate the model by comparing it with simulations by using the Landau–de Gennes free energy and show that the agreement is excellent. We then use the multiscale model to study the effect that particle anisotropy has on the liquid crystal: spherically symmetric particles always reduce the effective elastic constant. Asymmetric particles introduce an effective alignment field that can increase the Fredericks threshold and decrease the switch-off time.
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Accepted/In Press date: 16 September 2014
e-pub ahead of print date: 15 December 2014
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/372752
ISSN: 1539-3755
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