CONTINUUM AND MOLECULAR THEORIES OF BIAXIAL NEMATICS - CALCULATION OF THE 2-DIRECTOR VISCOSITY COEFFICIENTS

被引：4

作者：

DAS, P

SCHWARZ, WH

机构：

[1] Institute for Biophysical Research on Macromolecular Assemblies, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

来源：

MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTION A-MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS | 1994年 / 239卷

关键词：

BIAXIAL LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; THEORY OF BIAXIAL ORDER;

D O I：

10.1080/10587259408047170

中图分类号：

O7 [晶体学];

学科分类号：

0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;

摘要：

We show the equivalence of the 2-director and the 3-director continuum theories of biaxial nematics, thereby extending the 2-director theory to the compressible case. We calculate the viscosity coefficients in terms of order parameters within the framework of the 2-director continuum theory. Finally, we extend the Doi molecular approach to the biaxial case and calculate the 2-director viscosity coefficients in terms of the order parameters, diffusion coefficients and temperature.

引用

页码：27 / 54

页数：28

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