Hydrodynamics of nematic liquid crystals due to direct volume expansion, By Jafar Poursamad Bonab

Research

Title	Hydrodynamics of nematic liquid crystals due to direct volume expansion
Type	Article
Keywords	Nematic liquid crystals Volume expansion Hydrodynamics
Researchers	Jafar Poursamad Bonab، V. Abediny، F. Nayyeri

Abstract

Hydrodynamics of planar nematic liquid crystal molecules under the influence of horizontal pressure gradient was studied, theoretically. The pressure gradient is due to nematic liquid crystal volume expansion which is a consequence of the incompressibility of the liquid. The resulting director reorientation which is due to coupling between the director orientation and fluidity of the liquid is calculated numerically for the hard and weak anchoring conditions at the cell walls.