Applying appropriate electric pulses to a nematic liquid crystal confined between plates, the bulk order reconstruction can occur, a mechanism allowing the switching between topologically different nematic textures without any director rotation. Using a moving mesh finite element method we describe the order tensor dynamics for a nematic inside an asymmetric π-cell, putting in evidence as textural distortions induced by strong asymmetries can be relaxed via both bulk and surface order reconstruction, occurring close to a confining plate with different time duration.
Titolo: | Concurrence of bulk and surface order reconstruction to the relaxation of frustrated nematics |
Autori: | AMODDEO, Antonino (Corresponding) |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2016 |
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Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12318/6993 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |
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