Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals
- 21 May 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 67 (5) , 051705
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.67.051705
Abstract
We study the growth of aligned domains in nematic liquid crystals. Results are obtained solving the Beris-Edwards equations of motion using the lattice Boltzmann approach. Spatial anisotropy in the domain growth is shown to be a consequence of the flow induced by the changing order parameter field (backflow). The generalization of the results to the growth of a cylindrical domain, which involves the dynamics of a defect ring, is discussed.Keywords
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