We present a detailed Monte Carlo study of the effects of biaxiality on the textures of nematic films with specific homeotropic boundary conditions. We have used the Straley generalized Hamiltonian for a wide range of biaxial parameters and the differences obtained in the polarized microscopy images are analyzed for the various cases.
LATTICE SPIN SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN BIAXIAL NEMATIC FILMS WITH HOMEOTROPIC SURFACE ALIGNMENT / GOURIPEDDI SAI PREETI;CLAUDIO ZANNONI;CESARE CHICCOLI;PAOLO PASINI;VANKA S. S. SASTRY. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C. - ISSN 0129-1831. - STAMPA. - 24:(2013), pp. 1350026-1350026.9. [10.1142/S0129183113500265]
LATTICE SPIN SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN BIAXIAL NEMATIC FILMS WITH HOMEOTROPIC SURFACE ALIGNMENT
ZANNONI, CLAUDIO;
2013
Abstract
We present a detailed Monte Carlo study of the effects of biaxiality on the textures of nematic films with specific homeotropic boundary conditions. We have used the Straley generalized Hamiltonian for a wide range of biaxial parameters and the differences obtained in the polarized microscopy images are analyzed for the various cases.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
