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Computer simulations of nematic droplets

Pages 1189-1198 | Published online: 24 Sep 2006

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R. Asquini, C. Chiccoli, A. d’Alessandro, P. Pasini & C. Zannoni. (2019) Monte Carlo Study of Slot-waveguide Liquid Crystal Phase Shifters. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 683:1, pages 46-55.
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Rita Asquini, Cesare Chiccoli, Paolo Pasini, Luca Civita & Antonio d’Alessandro. (2018) Low power photonic devices based on electrically controlled nematic liquid crystals embedded in poly(dimethylsiloxane). Liquid Crystals 45:13-15, pages 2174-2183.
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A. d'Alessandro, R. Asquini, C. Chiccoli, P. Pasini & C. Zannoni. (2017) Liquid crystal channel waveguides: A computer simulation of the application of transversal external fields. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 649:1, pages 79-85.
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A. d’Alessandro, R. Asquini, C. Chiccoli, L. Martini, P. Pasini & C. Zannoni. (2015) Liquid Crystal Channel Waveguides: A Monte Carlo Investigation of the Ordering. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 619:1, pages 42-48.
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C. Chiccoli, L. R. Evangelista, P. Pasini, R. Teixeira de Souza & C. Zannoni. (2015) Effect of Surface Anchoring on Creation of Defects in a Nematic Film. A Monte Carlo Simulation. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 614:1, pages 137-143.
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G. Sai Preeti, C. Chiccoli, P. Pasini, V. S. S. Sastry & C. Zannoni. (2013) On Defects in Biaxial Nematic Films with Random Planar Surface Alignment: A Monte Carlo Study. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 573:1, pages 10-17.
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Martin Urbanski, KarolineA. Piegdon, Cedrik Meier & HeinzS. Kitzerow. (2011) Investigations on the director field around microdisc resonators. Liquid Crystals 38:4, pages 475-482.
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Yan-Jun Zhang, Zhi-Dong Zhang & Li-Zhi Zhu. (2011) Computer simulation study of the two-dimensional nematic lattice model based on the modified Gruhn–Hess pair potential model. Molecular Physics 109:3, pages 419-427.
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Cesare Chiccoli, Paolo Pasini & Claudio Zannoni. (2010) Elastic Anisotropy and Anchoring Effects on the Textures of Nematic Films with Random Planar Surface Alignment. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 516:1, pages 1-11.
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Cesare Chiccoli, Paolo Pasini, Ivan Feruli & Claudio Zannoni. (2005) Biaxial Nematic Droplets and their Optical Textures: A Lattice Model Computer Simulation Study. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 441:1, pages 319-328.
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C. Chiccoli, S. Guzzetti, P. Pasini & C. Zannoni. (2001) Computer Simulations of Nematic Displays. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 360:1, pages 119-129.
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Rishikesh K. Bharadwaj, Timothy J. Bunning & B. L. Farmer. (2000) A mesoscale modelling study of nematic liquid crystals confined to ellipsoidal domains. Liquid Crystals 27:5, pages 591-603.
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Cesare Chiccoli, Paolo Pasini, Franco Semeria, Elisabet Berggren & Claudio Zannoni. (1995) Can Spin Models Reproduce or Predict Experimental Results in PDLC?. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology. Section A. Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals 266:1, pages 241-262.
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Rita Asquini, Antonio d’Alessandro, Cesare Chiccoli, Paolo Pasini & Claudio Zannoni. (2019) Lattice spin simulations of low power photonic liquid-crystal devices. International Journal of Modern Physics C 31:01, pages 2050009.
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Cesare Chiccoli, Paolo Pasini, Claudio Zannoni, Gregor Skačej, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Taiga Hiroshima, Kanta Sunami, Tomohiro Ouchi & Masanori Ozaki. (2019) From Point to Filament Defects in Hybrid Nematic Films. Scientific Reports 9:1.
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C. Chiccoli, L. R. Evangelista, P. Pasini, G. Skačej, R. Teixeira de Souza & C. Zannoni. (2019) Influence of boundary conditions on the order and defects of biaxial nematic droplets. Physical Review E 100:3.
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Antonio d'Alessandro, Luca Civita, Rita Asquini, Cesare Chiccoli & Paolo Pasini. (2019) Optical waveguides and tunable devices made of a liquid crystal core in PDMS channels. Optical waveguides and tunable devices made of a liquid crystal core in PDMS channels.
C. Chiccoli, P. Pasini & C. Zannoni. (2018) Can elastic constants and surface alignment be obtained from polarized microscopy images of nematic droplets? A Monte Carlo study. Journal of Molecular Liquids 267, pages 158-165.
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C. Chiccoli, L. R. Evangelista, P. Pasini, G. Skačej, R. Teixeira de Souza & C. Zannoni. (2018) On the Defect Structure of Biaxial Nematic Droplets. Scientific Reports 8:1.
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Francesco Bloisi, Luciano Rosario Maria Vicari & Libera Nasti. 2016. Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Handbook of Visual Display Technology 2223 2250 .
Rita Asquini, Luca Martini, Antonio d'Alessandro, Paolo Pasini, Cesare Chiccoli & Claudio Zannoni. (2015) Nano-structured liquid crystal waveguides for optofluidic applications. Nano-structured liquid crystal waveguides for optofluidic applications.
C. Chiccoli, P. Pasini, L. R. Evangelista, R. T. Teixeira-Souza & C. Zannoni. (2015) Molecular organization of nematic liquid crystals between concentric cylinders: Role of the elastic anisotropy. Physical Review E 91:2.
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Francesco Bloisi, Luciano Rosario Maria Vicari & Libera Nasti. 2014. Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Handbook of Visual Display Technology 1 23 .
GOURIPEDDI SAI PREETI, CLAUDIO ZANNONI, CESARE CHICCOLI, PAOLO PASINI & VANKA S. S. SASTRY. (2013) LATTICE SPIN SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN BIAXIAL NEMATIC FILMS WITH HOMEOTROPIC SURFACE ALIGNMENT. International Journal of Modern Physics C 24:05, pages 1350026.
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Ronald H. J. Otten & Paul van der Schoot. (2012) Deformable homeotropic nematic droplets in a magnetic field. The Journal of Chemical Physics 137:15.
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Francesco Bloisi & Luciano Rosario Maria Vicari. 2012. Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Handbook of Visual Display Technology 1565 1585 .
C. Chiccoli, P. Pasini, R. Teixeira de Souza, L. R. Evangelista & C. Zannoni. (2011) Computer simulations of the ordering in a hybrid cylindrical film of nematic liquid crystals. Physical Review E 84:4.
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CESARE CHICCOLI, PAOLO PASINI, LUIZ ROBERTO EVANGELISTA, RODOLFO TEIXEIRA DE SOUZA & CLAUDIO ZANNONI. (2011) LATTICE SPIN SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS IN NEMATIC FILMS WITH HYBRID SURFACE ALIGNMENTS. International Journal of Modern Physics C 22:05, pages 505-516.
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A. A. Verhoeff, I. A. Bakelaar, R. H. J. Otten, P. van der Schoot & H. N. W. Lekkerkerker. (2010) Tactoids of Plate-Like Particles: Size, Shape, and Director Field. Langmuir 27:1, pages 116-125.
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Zhi-Dong Zhang & Yan-Jun Zhang. (2008) Study of intrinsic anchoring in nematic liquid crystals based on modified Gruhn–Hess pair potential. Physics Letters A 372:4, pages 498-509.
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C. Chiccoli, P. Pasini, I. Feruli & C. Zannoni. 2001. Defects in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations, Theory and Experiments. Defects in Liquid Crystals: Computer Simulations, Theory and Experiments 87 112 .
Erwen Mei & Daniel A. Higgins. (2000) Nanometer-scale resolution and depth discrimination in near-field optical microscopy studies of electric-field-induced molecular reorientation dynamics. The Journal of Chemical Physics 112:18, pages 7839-7847.
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Paolo Pasini, Cesare Chiccoli & Claudio Zannoni. 2000. Advances in the Computer Simulatons of Liquid Crystals. Advances in the Computer Simulatons of Liquid Crystals 121 138 .
R. HASHIM & S. ROMANO. (2012) COMPUTER SIMULATION STUDY OF A NEMATOGENIC LATTICE MODEL BASED ON THE NEHRING–SAUPE INTERACTION POTENTIAL. International Journal of Modern Physics B 13:32, pages 3879-3902.
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Vinay K. Gupta & Nicholas L. Abbott. (1999) Using Droplets of Nematic Liquid Crystal To Probe the Microscopic and Mesoscopic Structure of Organic Surfaces. Langmuir 15:21, pages 7213-7223.
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S. Romano. (2012) Elastic Constants and Pair Potentials for Nematogenic Lattice Models. International Journal of Modern Physics B 12:22, pages 2305-2323.
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Cesare Chiccoli, Paolo Pasini, Stefano Guzzetti & Claudio Zannoni. (2011) A Monte Carlo Simulation of an In-Plane Switching Liquid Crystal Display. International Journal of Modern Physics C 09:03, pages 409-419.
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C. Chiccoli, O. D. Lavrentovich, P. Pasini & C. Zannoni. (1997) Monte Carlo Simulations of Stable Point Defects in Hybrid Nematic Films. Physical Review Letters 79:22, pages 4401-4404.
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M. Ambrožič, P. Formoso, A. Golemme & S. Žumer. (1997) Anchoring and droplet deformation in polymer dispersed liquid crystals: NMR study in an electric field. Physical Review E 56:2, pages 1825-1832.
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A. Kilian & A. Sonnet. (1995) Influence of the saddle-splay energy on the structure of cholesteric liquid crystals confined to a capillary. Physical Review E 52:3, pages 2702-2706.
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A. Sonnet, A. Kilian & S. Hess. (1995) Alignment tensor versus director: Description of defects in nematic liquid crystals. Physical Review E 52:1, pages 718-722.
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E. Berggren, C. Zannoni, C. Chiccoli, P. Pasini & F. Semeria. (1994) Computer simulations of nematic droplets with bipolar boundary conditions. Physical Review E 50:4, pages 2929-2939.
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