Influence of shear flow on the Freedericksz transition in nematic liquid crystals

DV Makarov, AN Zakhlevnykh - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and …, 2006 - APS
Within the framework of Ericksen-Leslie continuum theory we analyze the influence of shear
flow on the magnetic-field-induced Fréedericksz transition in nematic liquid crystal with …

Magnetic field-induced orientational phases of ferronematics in shear flow

DV Makarov, AN Zakhlevnykh - Journal of magnetism and magnetic …, 2008 - Elsevier
We examine the effect of shear flow on the orientational phase transitions induced by a
magnetic field in ferronematic liquid crystals. Continuum approach based on the generalized …

Shear flow in nematic liquid crystals: Fréedericksz transition as a bifurcation

A Mukherjee, B Mukherjee - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and …, 2005 - APS
We numerically investigate the Fréedericksz transition for steady state plane shear flow of
nematic liquid crystals between two parallel plates in the presence of external magnetic …

Magnetic Freedericksz transition in ferronematic layer under shear flow

AN Zakhlevnykh, DV Makarov - Molecular Crystals and Liquid …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Within the framework of continuum theory we analyze the Freedericksz transition in a
ferronematic layer under the combined influence of magnetic field and shear flow. The …

Magnetic-field-induced Fréedericksz transition and the dynamic response of nematic liquid-crystal films with a free surface

SM Chen, TC Hsieh, RP Pan - Physical Review A, 1991 - APS
The Fréedericksz transition and the dynamic response of homeotropical liquid-crystal films
with a free surface (FS) induced by a perpendicular dc magnetic field have been studied …

One-dimensional walls in liquid crystals

M Simões - Physical Review E, 1997 - APS
We study the geometry of the matter flow which leads to the formation of one-dimensional
walls above the magnetic Fréedericksz threshold in some nematic materials. The …

Static and dynamic behavior of a nematic liquid crystal in a magnetic field. Part II: Dynamics

P Pieranski, F Brochard… - Journal de …, 1973 - jphys.journaldephysique.org
The dynamics of the distortion of a well-oriented nematic liquid crystal film in a perpendicular
field around the Freedericks critical field value is studied both theoretically and …

Freedericksz transition of a homeotropic nematic liquid crystal in rotating magnetic fields

F Brochard, L Leger, RB Meyer - Le Journal de …, 1975 - jphyscol.journaldephysique.org
Résumé Nous présentons une étude théorique et expérimentale de la transition de
Freedericksz d'une lamelle nématique homéotrope soumise à un champ magnétique …

Fréedericksz transition under electric and rotating magnetic field: application to nematics with negative dielectric and magnetic anisotropies

P Oswald, G Poy, F Vittoz - Liquid Crystals, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
We study the action of a rotating magnetic field on the Fréedericksz instability under electric
field of a homeotropic nematic sample sandwiched between two parallel electrodes. The …

Analytical description of 2D magnetic Freedericksz transition in a rectangular cell of a nematic liquid crystal

SV Burylov, AN Zakhlevnykh - The European Physical Journal E, 2016 - Springer
We study the Freedericksz transition induced by a magnetic field in a rectangular cell filled
with a nematic liquid crystal. In the initial state the director of the nematic liquid crystal is …