A Microscopic Estimation of the Splay Elastic Constant K11 for Nematic Liquid Crystals

2024/06/27 by Ting, Tien-Lun, Lin, Tsung-Hsien
#FOS: Physical sciences #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2406.18852

Abstract

A theory of the relationship between splay elastic constant K11 and permanent molecular moment of liquid crystals is developed. The theory gives a microscopic estimation of K11 with a correct order of magnitude by calculating the electrostatic energy density between the adjacent molecules.

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