The Phenomenological Functions that Characterize the Surface Free Energy Density of Nematic Liquid Crystals: A Microscopic Analysis

1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1165-1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Faetti ◽  
M. Riccardi
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Surface Free Energy ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Microscopic Analysis ◽  
Free Energy Density

scholarly journals Fluctuations and phase transitions of uniaxial and biaxial liquid crystals using a theoretically informed Monte Carlo and a Landau free energy density

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (17) ◽  
pp. 175101
Author(s):  
Stiven Villada-Gil ◽  
Viviana Palacio-Betancur ◽  
Julio C Armas-Pérez ◽  
Juan J de Pablo ◽  
Juan P Hernández-Ortiz
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Free Energy ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Free Energy Density ◽  
Landau Free Energy ◽  
Biaxial Liquid Crystals

A continuum state variable theory to model the size-dependent surface energy of nanostructures

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (38) ◽  
pp. 25494-25498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostafa Jamshidian ◽  
Prakash Thamburaja ◽  
Timon Rabczuk
Keyword(s):  
Free Energy ◽  
Energy Density ◽  
Surface Energy ◽  
Surface Free Energy ◽  
Free Energy Density ◽  
Continuum State ◽  
Variable Theory ◽  
Size Dependent ◽  
State Variable ◽  
Excess Surface

We propose a continuum-based state variable theory to quantify the excess surface free energy density throughout a nanostructure.

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