1C09 球状粒子のまわりのネマチック液晶の配向に対する流れ場の影響(物理・物性)

抄録

We investigate numerically how a uniform hydrodynamic flow influences the director configuration of a nematic liquid crystal around a spherical particle. Strong distortion of the director field is observed when the Ericksen number, which characterizes the ratio of the viscous force of the flow to the elastic force of the liquid crystal, is of the order of unity.