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Influence of the surface on the elastic properties of liquid crystals

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A statistical approach including direct correlation functions is applied to study the influence of the surface confining the nematic liquid phase on the Franck elastic coefficients. Specific calculations are made for a model system composed of ellipsoidal molecules interacting by means of the Gay-Berne potential near the interacting surface.

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  1. Institute of Problems in Mechanical Engineering, 199178, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. V. Zakharov & L. V. Mirantsev

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Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 40, 1356–1359 (July 1998)

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Zakharov, A.V., Mirantsev, L.V. Influence of the surface on the elastic properties of liquid crystals. Phys. Solid State 40, 1234–1236 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1130528

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