Biaxiality at the Isotropic-Nematic Interface with Planar Anchoring

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2009-06-16

arxiv.org/abs/0906.2899v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

11 pages

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We revisit the classic problem of the structure of the isotropic-nematic interface within Ginzburg-Landau-de Gennes theory, refining previous analytic treatments of biaxiality at the interface. We compare our analysis with numerical results obtained through a highly accurate spectral collocation scheme for the solution of the Landau-Ginzburg-de Gennes equations. In comparison to earlier work, we obtain improved agreement with numerics for both the uniaxial and biaxial profiles, accurate asymptotic results for the decay of biaxial order on both nematic and isotropic sides of the interface and accurate fits to data from density functional approaches to this problem.

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