Germano, G;
Schmid, F;
(2004)
Simulation of nematic-isotropic phase coexistence in liquid crystals under shear.
In: Wolf, D and Münster, G and Kremer, M, (eds.)
NIC Symposium 2004.
(pp. 311-320).
John von Neumann Institute for Computing: Jülich, Germany.
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Abstract
Experiments and theories have shown that nematic fluids may adopt inhomogeneous steady states under shear flow. Here we reproduce and study such states by nonequilibrium molec- ular dynamics simulations of systems of soft repulsive ellipsoids. Different situations where a nematic phase coexists with a paranematic phase are examined. In geometries that impose constant stress on the whole system, we observe shear banding, i.e., separation into two phases with different local strain rates.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Simulation of nematic-isotropic phase coexistence in liquid crystals under shear |
| ISBN: | 3000123725 |
| ISBN-13: | 9783000123726 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.john-von-neumann-institut.de/nic/EN/Pub... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Proceedings of the NIC Symposium 2004, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, 17-18 February 2004. Copyright © 2003 by John von Neumann Institute for Computing. Permission to make digital or hard copies of portions of this work for personal or classroom use is granted provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. To copy otherwise requires prior specific permission by the publisher mentioned above. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1475060 |
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