@Article{CiCP-20-1359,
author = {},
title = {On the Dynamics of the Weak Fréedericksz Transition for Nematic Liquid Crystals},
journal = {Communications in Computational Physics},
year = {2018},
volume = {20},
number = {5},
pages = {1359--1380},
abstract = {<p style="text-align: justify;">We propose an implicit finite-difference method to study the time evolution
of the director field of a nematic liquid crystal under the influence of an electric field
with weak anchoring at the boundary. The scheme allows us to study the dynamics
of transitions between different director equilibrium states under varying electric field
and anchoring strength. In particular, we are able to simulate the transition to excited
states of odd parity, which have previously been observed in experiments, but so far
only analyzed in the static case.</p>},
issn = {1991-7120},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.190615.090516a},
url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/11193.html}
}