Monte Carlo Simulations of Stable Point Defects in Hybrid Nematic Films
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 79 (22), 4401-4404
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.79.4401
Abstract
Monte Carlo (MC) simulations based exclusively on nearest-neighbor intermolecular interactions reveal the existence of stable long-range deformations and topological defects in a thin nematic film confined between two surfaces with antagonistic (normal and tangential) molecular orientations. Thus the MC technique allows one to describe a delicate balance of bulk elasticity and surface energy usually treated only with macroscopic theories.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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