NATO Science Series II

Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

By: Oleg Lavrentovich, Oleg D. Lavrentovich (Editor), Paolo Pasini (Editor)

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Paperback | 30 November 2001

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Topological defects have an attraction in many different branches of physics ranging from cosmology to liquid crystals and from elementary particles to colloids and biological systems. The experimental and theoretical results on defects in liquid crystals are increasing rapidly, particularly in heterogeneous systems such as liquid crystal dispersions and emulsions. Interest is also driven by the technological potential of these systems. Microscopic organizations in systems with defects are much more complex than in uniform systems, meaning that molecular level theories rapidly become inadequate. Computer simulations thus become a useful tool for studying topological defects in liquid crystals, starting from microscopic molecular interactions. These have matured to successfully capture such features as order parameter gradients both in the core of defects and far from it. Further simulations can incorporate the role of bulk elasticity, surface interactions and external electromagnetic fields. This book provides coverage of these issues and also considers a number of open problems which can now be tackled. Emphasis is on the use of computer simulations to test and to complement theoretical predictions, explain experimental observations and suggest new experiments.

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Preface
Classification of defects in liquid crystals	p. 1
Alignment tensor versus director description in nematic liquid crystals	p. 17
Liquid crystal colloidal dispersions	p. 37
Computer simulations and defects in confined liquid crystal lattice models	p. 87
Molecular simulations and theory of planar interfaces and defects in nematic liquid crystals	p. 113
Topological defect behavior in a quenched nematic liquid crystal	p. 141
Restoring forces on nematic disclinations	p. 167
Challenges in the dynamics of point defects	p. 185
Numerical simulation of elastic anisotropy in nematic liquid crystalline polymers	p. 201
Computer Simulations and Fluorescence Confocal Polarizing Microscopy of Structures in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals	p. 229
Defects and Undulation in Layered Liquid Crystals	p. 271
Liquid crystals under shear: role of defects	p. 301
Numerical simulation of defects in quasicrystals	p. 323
Index	p. 337
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