Statistical mechanics of splay flexoelectricity in nematic liquid crystals
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Statistical mechanics of splay flexoelectricity in nematic liquid crystals.
We develop a lattice model for the splay flexoelectric effect in nematic liquid crystals. In this model, each lattice site has a spin representing the local molecular orientation, and the interaction between neighboring spins represents pear-shaped molecules with shape polarity. We perform Monte Carlo simulations and mean-field calculations to find the behavior as a function of interaction para...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review E
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1539-3755,1550-2376
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.81.031704