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20072023
most citedLiquid crystals in two dimensions: First-order phase transitions and nonuniversal critical behavior

55 citations · 167 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

cond-mat.stat-mech2023

Friction of a driven chain: Role of momentum conservation, Goldstone and radiation modes

Debankur Das, Richard Vink, Matthias Krüger

We analytically study friction and dissipation of a driven bead in a 1D harmonic chain, and analyze the role of internal damping mechanism as well as chain length. Specifically, we…

cond-mat.soft2010★ 10 cited

Fluids with quenched disorder: Scaling of the free energy barrier near critical points

T. Fischer, R. L. C. Vink

In the context of Monte Carlo simulations, the analysis of the probability distribution of the order parameter , as obtained in simulation boxes of finite linear extens…

cond-mat.stat-mech2010★ 7 cited

Nematics with quenched disorder : violation of self-averaging

J. M. Fish, R. L. C. Vink

We consider the isotropic-to-nematic transition in liquid crystals confined to aerogel hosts, and assume that the aerogel acts as a random field. We generally find that self-averag…

cond-mat.stat-mech2010★ 44 cited

Finite size scaling in Ising-like systems with quenched random fields: Evidence of hyperscaling violation

R. L. C. Vink, T. Fischer, K. Binder

In systems belonging to the universality class of the random field Ising model, the standard hyperscaling relation between critical exponents does not hold, but is replaced by a mo…

cond-mat.stat-mech2010★ 17 cited

The isotropic-to-nematic transition in confined liquid crystals : an essentially non-universal phenomenon

J. M. Fish, R. L. C. Vink

Computer simulations are presented of the isotropic-to-nematic transition in a liquid crystal confined between two parallel plates a distance H apart. The plates are neutral and do…

cond-mat.stat-mech2009★ 34 cited

Restricted orientation "liquid crystal" in two dimensions: Isotropic-nematic transition or liquid-gas (?)

T. Fischer, R. L. C. Vink

We present Monte Carlo simulation results of the two-dimensional Zwanzig fluid, which consists of hard line segments which may orient either horizontally or vertically. At a certai…