LATTICE SPIN SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN NEMATIC FILMS WITH HYBRID SURFACE ALIGNMENTS

Cesare Chiccoli (), Paolo Pasini, Luiz Roberto Evangelista, Rodolfo Teixeira de Souza and Claudio Zannoni
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Cesare Chiccoli: INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Paolo Pasini: INFN, Sezione di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Luiz Roberto Evangelista: Departamento de Física Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Avenida Colombo 5790-87020-900 Maringá (PR), Brazil
Rodolfo Teixeira de Souza: Departamento de Física Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Avenida Colombo 5790-87020-900 Maringá (PR), Brazil
Claudio Zannoni: Dipartimento di Chimica Fisica ed Inorganica, Viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2011, vol. 22, issue 05, 505-516

Abstract: We present a Monte Carlo study of the effects of elastic anisotropy on the textures of nematic films with specific random hybrid boundary conditions. The polarized microscopy images and their evolution are analyzed in uniaxial systems for different values of the elastic constants.

Keywords: Computer simulation; Monte Carlo; nematics; topological defects; 61.30.Cz; 61.30.Gd; 61.30.Jf; 62.20.dq (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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