Energetic and Entropic Contributions to the Landau–de Gennes Potential for Gay–Berne Models of Liquid Crystals
The Landau–de Gennes theory provides a successful macroscopic description of nematics. Cornerstone of this theory is a phenomenological expression for the effective free energy as a function of the orientational order parameter. Here, we show how such a macroscopic Landau–de Gennes free energy can s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-03-01
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| Series: | Polymers |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/5/2/328 |