On the isotropic-biaxial phase transition in nematic liquid crystals

被引：2
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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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