Monte Carlo simulations of polarizing microscope textures for confined nematic droplets are presented. We consider uniaxial and biaxial cases with various boundary conditions and different values of the molecular biaxiality. The analysis of these optical textures should be of interest in assigning and characterizing biaxial nematic system, an issue of great current interest.
Biaxial Nematic Droplets and their Optical Textures. A Lattice Model Computer Simulation Study / C. Chiccoli; P. Pasini; I. Feruli; C. Zannoni. - In: MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS. - ISSN 1542-1406. - STAMPA. - 441:(2005), pp. 319-328. [10.1080/154214091010002]
Biaxial Nematic Droplets and their Optical Textures. A Lattice Model Computer Simulation Study
ZANNONI, CLAUDIO
2005
Abstract
Monte Carlo simulations of polarizing microscope textures for confined nematic droplets are presented. We consider uniaxial and biaxial cases with various boundary conditions and different values of the molecular biaxiality. The analysis of these optical textures should be of interest in assigning and characterizing biaxial nematic system, an issue of great current interest.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
