@Article{JPDE-25-3, author = {Junichi, Aramaki}, title = {The Freedericksz Transition and the Asymptotic Behavior in Nematic Liquid Crystals}, journal = {Journal of Partial Differential Equations}, year = {2012}, volume = {25}, number = {3}, pages = {276--294}, abstract = {
We consider the stability of a specific nematic liquid crystal configuration under an applied magnetic field. We show that for some specific configuration there exist two critical values H_n and H_{sh} of applied magnetic field. When the intensity of the magnetic field is smaller than H_n, the configuration of the energy is only global minimizer, when the intensity is between H_n and H_{sh}, the configuration is not global minimizer, but is weakly stable, and when the intensity is larger than H_{sh}, the configuration is instable. Moreover, we also examine the asymptotic behavior of the global minimizer as the intensity tends to the infinity.
}, issn = {2079-732X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/jpde.v25.n3.5}, url = {https://global-sci.com/article/88354/the-freedericksz-transition-and-the-asymptotic-behavior-in-nematic-liquid-crystals} }