Using the Renormalized Energy from Ginzburg-Landau Theory to Compute Solution Landscapes in the Reduced Landau-de Gennes Theory

Yucen Han, Apala Majumdar

We study nematic liquid crystal phases confined to bounded, two-dimensional (2D) domains, in the reduced Landau-de Gennes (rLdG) theoretical framework. The rLdG framework is equiva…