Hysteresis in Two-Dimensional Liquid Crystal Models
We make a numerical study of hysteresis loop shapes within a generalized two-dimensional Random Anisotropy Nematic (RAN) model at zero temperature. The hysteresis loops appear on cycling a static external ordering field. Ordering in these systems is history dependent and involves interplay between t...
Main Authors: | Slavko Buček, Samo Kralj, T. J. Sluckin |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Hindawi Limited
2015-01-01
|
Series: | Advances in Condensed Matter Physics |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/834867 |
Similar Items
-
Annihilation of edge dislocations in smectic A liquid crystals
by: Ambrozic, M., et al.
Published: (2004) -
The liquid crystal phases: physics and technology
by: Sluckin, T.J
Published: (2000) -
The Influence of Disorder on Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystals Phase Behavior
by: Samo Kralj, et al.
Published: (2009-09-01) -
Competition between local disordering and global ordering fields in nematic liquid crystals
by: Matej Cvetko, et al.
Published: (2010-01-01) -
Expulsion of disclinations in nematic liquid crystals
by: Biscari, P., et al.
Published: (2003)