Temporal Fluctuations in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Gu Yan, Tom C. Lubensky (Department of Physics, University of, Pennsylvania)
TL;DR
This paper investigates the dynamic behavior of nematic liquid crystals using simplified Langevin equations, focusing on hydrodynamic excitations and their fluctuations at long wavelengths.
Contribution
It introduces a theoretical framework employing non-linear Langevin equations and computes one-loop self-energy corrections for nematic liquid crystals.
Findings
Hydrodynamic excitations are characterized in nematic liquid crystals.
Self-energy corrections reveal fluctuation effects at long wavelengths.
The model provides insights into the dynamic properties of nematic phases.
Abstract
We use a set of simplified non-linear Langevin equations to study the hydrodynamic excitations in a nematic liquid crystal. We calculate the one-loop self-energy corrections in the long wavelength limit.
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Taxonomy
TopicsNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation · Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics · Plant and animal studies