On the isotropic-biaxial phase transition in nematic liquid crystals

被引：2

作者：

Gaeta, G. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Matemat, I-20133 Milan, Italy

来源：

EPL | 2015年 / 112卷 / 04期

关键词：

RENORMALIZED FORMS; LANDAU THEORY; REDUCTION; TRANSFORMATIONS; SYMMETRIES; DYNAMICS; STATES;

D O I：

10.1209/0295-5075/112/46002

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We apply a recently developed technique to determine adapted coordinates for the sixth degree Landau-de Gennes potential, in which the potential is specially simple, to analyze the possibility of a direct transition between the fully symmetric state and a biaxial phase in nematic liquid crystals. Our results confirm, with simpler computations, results by Allender and Longa. Copyright (C) EPLA, 2015

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