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Modelling nematohydrodynamics in liquid crystal devices

2002/04/15 by Geza Toth, Colin Denniston, J. M. Yeomans
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.soft #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.stat-mech

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0010-4655(02)00196-0

published as Computer Physics Communications vol. 147/1-2, 7-12 (2002). · 6 pages including 5 figures

arxiv created 2002/04/15 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

We formulate a lattice Boltzmann algorithm which solves the hydrodynamic equations of motion for nematic liquid crystals. The applicability of the approach is demonstrated by presenting results for two liquid crystal devices where flow has an important role to play in the switching.

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