Modeling of molecular reorientation in nematic liquid crystals

Authors

  • Filip Sala Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology
  • Maksymilian Bujok Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science, Warsaw University of Technology
  • Mirosław Karpierz Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/photon.%20lett.%20pl.v8i1.625

Abstract

In this paper modeling of molecular reorientation in nematic liquid crystals is described. The theoretical model bases on Frank-Oseen elastic theory. By minimizing the equation on free energy the equation describing molecular reorientation is obtained. To get a solution two numerical methods (Successive Over-Relaxation and multigrid) are employed and are compared for numerical results of director orientation and computation time.

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2016-03-31

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F. Sala, M. Bujok, and M. Karpierz, “Modeling of molecular reorientation in nematic liquid crystals”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 8, no. 1, pp. pp. 8–10, Mar. 2016.

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2016)

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