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Singularity identification for the characterization of topology, geometry, and motion of nematic disclination lines
Cody D. Schimming, Jorge Viñals
We introduce a characterization of disclination lines in three dimensional nematic liquid crystals as a tensor quantity related to the so called rotation vector around the line. Th…
Numerical method for the equilibrium configurations of a Maier-Saupe bulk potential in a Q-tensor model of an anisotropic nematic liquid crystal
Cody D. Schimming, Jorge Viñals, Shawn W. Walker
We present a numerical method, based on a tensor order parameter description of a nematic phase, that allows fully anisotropic elasticity. Our method thus extends the Landau-de Gen…
Anisotropic disclination cores in nematic liquid crystals modelled by a self consistent molecular field theory
Cody D. Schimming, Jorge Viñals
Disclination configurations of a nematic liquid crystal are studied within a self-consistent molecular field theory. The theory is based on a tensor order parameter, and can accomm…
Computational molecular field theory for nematic liquid crystals
Cody D. Schimming, Jorge Viñals
Nematic liquid crystals exhibit configurations in which the underlying ordering changes markedly on macroscopic length scales. Such structures include topological defects in the ne…
Border-Crossing Model for the Diffusive Coarsening of Two-Dimensional and Quasi-Two-Dimensional Wet Foams
C. D. Schimming, D. J. Durian
For dry foams, the transport of gas from small high-pressure bubbles to large low-pressure bubbles is dominated by diffusion across the thin soap films separating neighboring bubbl…