UNIFIED DESCRIPTION OF THE FLOW-ALIGNMENT AND VISCOSITY IN THE ISOTROPIC AND NEMATIC PHASES OF LIQUID-CRYSTALS

Authors
BORGMEYER CP HESS S
Citation
Cp. Borgmeyer et S. Hess, UNIFIED DESCRIPTION OF THE FLOW-ALIGNMENT AND VISCOSITY IN THE ISOTROPIC AND NEMATIC PHASES OF LIQUID-CRYSTALS, Journal of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, 20(4), 1995, pp. 359-384
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics
Journal title
Journal of non-equilibrium thermodynamics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03400204
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
359 - 384
Database
ISI
SICI code
0340-0204(1995)20:4<359:UDOTFA>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Using the second rank alignment tensor as an additional macroscopic va riable, it is demonstrated how a unified description of the flow aligm ent and viscous properties in the isotropic and nematic (or nematic di scotic) phases of liquid crystals can be formulated within the framewo rk of irreversible thermodynamics such that the full anisotropy of the viscosity is obtained in the nematic phase.