… to the flow aligning regimes. We show that imposing of shear flow on the Fréedericksz
transition leads to a threshold behavior or to a “smoothing” of the transition. It depends on the …

… the Fréedericksz transition for steady state plane shear flow of nematic … flow and perpendicular
to it, in the plane and along the flow, and where it is perpendicular to the plane of the flow …

… in a ferronematic layer under the combined influence of magnetic field and shear flow. … shear
flow “smoothes” the Freedericksz transition in ferronematics. For ferronematics with non-flow…

… and in particular the existence of the transition that we now identify as a Fréedericksz
transition driven by cell activity. Spontaneous flow transitions are typical of active matter; other …

… (3) An interesting slow director precession and nonlinear waves which arise in homeotropically
aligned nematics exposed to an elliptical shear flow in the bend Fréedericksz distorted …

… shear flow can lead to the shift of the field thresholds or to a “smoothing” of the magnetic
field-induced transitions … a liquid crystal, in contrast to the conventional Fréedericksz transition. …

… the Freedericksz transition, and may compete with the flow … asymmetric fluid stress tensor,
flowing nematic liquid crystals … during forced flow through channels or shear flow between …

… by an elliptic shear flow in a homeotropically anchored, Fréedericks distorted nematic … shear
the Fréedericks transition (FT) transforms into a Hopf bifurcation and the observed transition …

… orientation of the director in a constant shear flow. However, there are substances … transition
[13,15]. In that case, the director will continuously rotate (tumble) in a constant shear flow. …

… for p-azoxyanisole as functions of shear rate and magnetic field for symmetric and … field
applied along the flow direction exhibits a threshold reminiscent of a Freedericksz transition in the …