Ericksen's bar and modeling of the smectic a-nematic phase transition

Keyphrases

• Phase Transition 100%
• Smectic 100%
• Nematic Phase 100%
• Nematic Defects 66%
• Smectic Liquid Crystals 66%
• Nonlinear Elasticity 33%
• Dislocation 33%
• Superconductivity 33%
• Nonconvex 33%
• Free Energy Functional 33%
• Liquid Crystal 33%
• Smectic Phase 33%
• Neumann Boundary Condition 33%
• Dirichlet Boundary Condition 33%
• Parameter Values 33%
• Two Parallel Plates 33%
• Boundary Value Problem 33%
• Covariant Formulation 33%
• Crystal Configuration 33%
• Ginzburg-Landau Model 33%
• Solid-solid 33%
• Nonconvex Constraints 33%
• Free Energy Density 33%
• Elastic Bar 33%
• Phase Field 33%
• Liquid-like 33%

Chemistry

• Nematic Phase 100%
• Liquid Crystal 100%
• Free Energy 66%
• Superconductivity 33%
• Smectic Phase 33%
• Nucleation 33%
• Crystal Energy 33%

Material Science

• Liquid Crystal 100%
• Superconductivity 33%
• Nucleation 33%
• Energy Density 33%