Advanced search
Publication Cover
Liquid Crystals Volume 5, 1989 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
51
Views
45
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Instabilities

Shear-flow instabilities in non-flow-aligning nematic liquid crystals

I. Zúñiga Mathematics Department, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland; Departamento de Fisica Fundamental, U. N. E. D., Apdo. Correos 50487, 28080, Madrid, Spain
&
F. M. Leslie Mathematics Department, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland
Pages 725-734 | Published online: 05 Oct 2006

Citations (45)

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Subscribe to citation updates

Read on this site (9)

A. Véron & A.F. Martins. (2012) Surface anchoring energy of an octyl-cyanobiphenyl liquid crystal (8CB) deduced from the shear stress response. Liquid Crystals 39:9, pages 1159-1165.
Read now
Bagisa Mukherjee & Arup Mukherjee. (2009) Freedericksz Transition in Nematics: Effects of Non-Linear Shear Profile and Elastic Anisotropy. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 508:1, pages 274/[636]-285/[647].
Read now
Shufang Fu, Tomohiro Tsuji & Shigeomi Chono. (2009) Effect of magnetic fields on out-of-plane orientations of nematic liquid crystalline polymers under simple shear flow. Molecular Physics 107:3, pages 245-252.
Read now
J. L. Figueirinhas & J. P. Casquilho. (2008) Perturbative analysis of the magnetic field effect on the stability of the shear flow of a nematic polymer. Liquid Crystals 35:4, pages 501-505.
Read now
J. P. Casquilho & J. L. Figueirinhas. (2005) Analysis of the Shear-Induced Pattern Formation in Nematic Polymer Liquid Crystals Under an Applied Magnetic Field. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 435:1, pages 265/[925]-276/[936].
Read now
S. Chono & T. Suji. (1998) Numerical Simulation of Nematic Liquid Crystalline Flows Around a Circular Cylinder. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 309:1, pages 217-236.
Read now
R.G. Larson & D.W. Mead. (1993) The Ericksen number and Deborah number cascades in sheared polymeric nematics. Liquid Crystals 15:2, pages 151-169.
Read now
R.G. Larson & D.W. Mead. (1992) Development of orientation and texture during shearing of liquid-crystalline polymers. Liquid Crystals 12:5, pages 751-768.
Read now
Grzegorz Derfel. (1991) Out of shear plane deformations in nematic liquid crystals. Liquid Crystals 10:5, pages 647-658.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (36)

Naoya ONIMARU, Tomohiro TSUJI & Shigeomi CHONO. (2023) Transient behaviors of molecular orientation field of nematic liquid crystal under shear flows between concentric cylindersネマティック液晶の２重円筒間せん断流れにおける分子配向場の非定常挙動. Transactions of the JSME (in Japanese) 89:925, pages 23-00049-23-00049.
Crossref
J. R. L. Cousins, S. K. Wilson, N. J. Mottram, D. Wilkes & L. Weegels. (2020) Transient flow-driven distortion of a nematic liquid crystal in channel flow with dissipative weak planar anchoring. Physical Review E 102:6.
Crossref
Hend Baza, Taras Turiv, Bing-Xiang Li, Ruipeng Li, Benjamin M. Yavitt, Masafumi Fukuto & Oleg D. Lavrentovich. (2020) Shear-induced polydomain structures of nematic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal disodium cromoglycate. Soft Matter 16:37, pages 8565-8576.
Crossref
Assis F. Martins & Alain Véron. (2012) Origin of the echo phenomenon upon flow reversal in low molecular weight nematic liquid crystals. Rheologica Acta 51:10, pages 891-908.
Crossref
Shu Fang Fu, Qiang Zhang & Qiang Hua Li. (2011) Simulation of Nematic Liquid Crystalline Polymer for Out-of-Plane Case. Solid State Phenomena 181-182, pages 51-54.
Crossref
Sergey V. Pasechnik, Vladimir G. Chigrinov & Dina V. Shmeliova. 2009. Liquid Crystals. Liquid Crystals 45 110 .
Haijun Yu & Pingwen Zhang. (2007) A kinetic–hydrodynamic simulation of microstructure of liquid crystal polymers in plane shear flow. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 141:2-3, pages 116-127.
Crossref
O. S. Tarasov, A. P. Krekhov & L. Kramer. (2005) Pattern-forming instabilities in nematic liquid crystals under oscillatory Couette flow. Physical Review E 72:3.
Crossref
J. P. Casquilho. (2005) On the effect of an applied magnetic field on the shear-induced pattern formation in nematic polymer liquid crystals. The European Physical Journal E 17:4, pages 413-422.
Crossref
Yiqiang Zhao, Shaosheng Dong, Alex. M. Jamieson, Xuesong Hu, Jyotsana Lal, Sergei Nazarenko & Stuart J. Rowan. (2005) Rheological Properties and Conformation of a Side-Chain Liquid Crystal Polysiloxane Dissolved in a Nematic Solvent. Macromolecules 38:12, pages 5205-5213.
Crossref
M. Gregory Forest & Qi Wang. (2002) Monodomain response of finite-aspect-ratio macromolecules in shear and related linear flows. Rheologica Acta 42:1-2, pages 20-46.
Crossref
P Tóth, A. P Krekhov, L Kramer & J Peinke. (2000) Orientational transition in nematic liquid crystals under oscillatory Poiseuille flow. Europhysics Letters (EPL) 51:1, pages 48-54.
Crossref
T. Börzsönyi, Á. Buka, A. P. Krekhov & L. Kramer. (1998) Response of a homeotropic nematic liquid crystal to rectilinear oscillatory shear. Physical Review E 58:6, pages 7419-7427.
Crossref
Shigeomi Chono, Tomohiro Tsuji & Morton M. Denn. (1998) Spatial development of director orientation of tumbling nematic liquid crystals in pressure-driven channel flow. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 79:2-3, pages 515-527.
Crossref
Sten S. Sarman, Denis J. Evans & Peter T. Cummings. (1998) Recent developments in non-Newtonian molecular dynamics. Physics Reports 305:1-2, pages 1-92.
Crossref
Tomohiro Tsuji & Alejandro D. Rey. (1998) Orientation mode selection mechanisms for sheared nematic liquid crystalline materials. Physical Review E 57:5, pages 5609-5625.
Crossref
Tsorng-Whay Pan. (1997) On the Existence of Infinitely Many Limit Points on the Solution Branch of Planar Shear Flow of Nematic Liquid Crystals. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 208:1, pages 120-140.
Crossref
R. G. Larson & P. T. Mather. 1997. Theoretical Challenges in the Dynamics of Complex Fluids. Theoretical Challenges in the Dynamics of Complex Fluids 159 180 .
Sten Sarman. (1996) Green–Kubo relations for the viscosity of biaxial nematic liquid crystals. The Journal of Chemical Physics 105:10, pages 4211-4222.
Crossref
A. P. Krekhov & L. Kramer. (1996) Flow-alignment instability and slow director oscillations in nematic liquid crystals under oscillatory flow. Physical Review E 53:5, pages 4925-4932.
Crossref
Alex M. Jamieson, Dongfeng Gu, F.L. Chen & S. Smith. (1996) Viscoelastic behavior of nematic monodomains containing liquid crystal polymers. Progress in Polymer Science 21:5, pages 981-1033.
Crossref
E. Dubois-Violette & P. Manneville. 1996. Pattern Formation in Liquid Crystals. Pattern Formation in Liquid Crystals 91 163 .
Sten Sarman. (1995) Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics of liquid crystal shear flow. The Journal of Chemical Physics 103:23, pages 10378-10386.
Crossref
I. Heynderickx & W. Potze. (1995) Non-isothermal poiseuille flow of a liquid crystalline material 1. Flow-aligning nematic. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 59:2-3, pages 155-172.
Crossref
W. Potze & I. Heynderickx. (1995) Non-isothermal Poiseuille flow of a liquid crystalline material 2. Tumbling nematic. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 59:2-3, pages 173-190.
Crossref
I. Heynderickx, W. Potze & E.J.W.Ter Maten. (1994) Influence of a temperature gradient on the simple shear now of a nematic liquid crystal. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 55:2, pages 137-161.
Crossref
W. H. Han & A. D. Rey. (1994) Orientation symmetry breakings in shearing liquid crystals. Physical Review E 50:2, pages 1688-1691.
Crossref
W. H. Han & A. D. Rey. (1994) Dynamic simulations of shear-flow-induced chirality and twisted-texture transitions of a liquid-crystalline polymer. Physical Review E 49:1, pages 597-613.
Crossref
A. HOLZ, M. OCHIAI & Y. YAMAZAKI. 1994. Liquid Crystalline Polymers. Liquid Crystalline Polymers 95 125 .
W.H. Han & A.D. Rey. (1993) Supercritical bifurcations in simple shear flow of a non-aligning nematic: reactive parameter and director anchoring effects. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 48:1-2, pages 181-210.
Crossref
Giuseppe Marrucci & Francesco Greco. 1993. Advances in Chemical Physics. Advances in Chemical Physics 331 404 .
Mitchell Luskin & Tsorng-Whay Pan. (1992) Non-planar shear flows for non-aligning nematic liquid crystals. Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 42:3, pages 369-384.
Crossref
W.H. HAN & A.D. REY. 1992. Theoretical and Applied Rheology. Theoretical and Applied Rheology 531 533 .
W. H. Han & A. D. Rey. (2011) Simiple Shear Flow of a Non-Aligning Nematic. MRS Proceedings 248.
Crossref
F. M. Leslie. 1991. Nematics. Nematics 223 232 .
Ignacio Zúñiga. (1990) Orientational instabilities in Couette flow of non-flow-aligning nematic liquid crystals. Physical Review A 41:4, pages 2050-2058.
Crossref

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.