Nematic phase

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Nematic phase for the hard 6x1x1 ellipsoid model.

The nematic phase of a liquid crystal has orientational order, but no positional order [1].

Dielectric tensor

In the uniaxial nematic phase, defining the z-axis to be parallel to the nematic axis, one has

The anisotropy is defined as

.

The response of a nematic liquid crystal to an external electric field depends on both the sign and the magnitude of .

Chiral nematic phase

See Chiral phases.

Discotic nematic phase

Discotic-nematic phase for the hard 6x6x1 ellipsoid model.

Biaxial nematic phase

References