We present a phase field model for nematic liquid crystal droplets with anisotropic surface tension. Our model couples the Cahn-Hilliard equation to Ericksen's one constant model for liquid crystals with variable degree of orientation. We present a special discretization of the liquid crystal energy that can handle the degenerate elliptic part w...
Creator:
Walker, Shawn (Louisiana State University)
Created:
2018-01-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.