Two-shape-tensor model for tumbling in nematic polymers and liquid crystals.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.100.012706
Abstract: Most, but not all, liquid crystals tend to align when subject to shear flow, while most nematic polymeric liquid crystals undergo a tumbling instability, where the director rotates with the flow. The reasons of this… read more here.
Keywords: model tumbling; liquid crystals; tensor model; nematic polymers ... See more keywords