On the critical behaviour of two-dimensional liquid crystals

• Published in: Condensed Matter Physics
• Date: 2010
• Main Authors: Fariñas-Sánchez, A.l., Botet, R., Berche, B., Paredes, R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2010
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/32043
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: On the critical behaviour of two-dimensional liquid crystals / A.l. Fariñas-Sánchez, R. Botet, B. Berche, R. Paredes // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2010. — Т. 13, № 1. — С. 13601: 1-17. — Бібліогр.: 49 назв. — англ.

The Lebwohl-Lasher (LL) model is the traditional model used to describe the nematic-isotropic transition of real liquid crystals. In this paper, we develop a numerical study of the temperature behaviour and of finite-size scaling of the two-dimensional (2D) LL-model. We discuss two possible scenario...