Bifurcation analysis of the twist-Fréedericksz transition in a nematic liquid-crystal cell with pre-twist boundary conditions

Motivated by a recent investigation of Millar and McKay [Director orientation of a twisted nematic under the influence of an in-plane magnetic field. Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst 435, 277/[937]–286/[946] (2005)], we study the magnetic field twist-Fréedericksz transition for a nematic liquid crystal of pos...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Costa, Fernando Pestana da (author)
Other Authors: Gartland Jr, Eugene C. (author), Grinfeld, Michael (author), Pinto, João Teixeira (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Pendulum equation
Liquid crystals
Non-homogeneous Dirichlet boundary value problems
Bifurcation theory
Time maps
Phase plane analysis
Twist-Fréedericksz transition
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/1467
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorioaberto.uab.pt:10400.2/1467

Internet

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/1467

Similar Items