A review is presented of molecular and mesoscopic computer simulations of liquid
crystalline systems. Molecular simulation approaches applied to such systems are …

The synergetic integration of photonics and microfluidics has enabled a wide range of
optofluidic devices that can be tuned based on various physical mechanisms. One such …

Covering numerous practical applications as yet not covered in any single source of
information, this monograph discusses the importance of viscous and elastic properties for …

We explore the flow of a nematic liquid crystal in microfluidic channels with a rectangular
cross section through experiments and numerical modeling. The flow profile and the liquid …

Compared to isotropic liquids, orientational order of nematic liquid crystals makes their
rheological properties more involved, and thus requires fine control of the flow parameters to …

Despite the recognized role of liquid crystal microfluidics in generating programmable, self-
organized and guided flow properties, to date, the flow behavior of LCs within curved …

Understanding the flow of liquid crystals in microfluidic environments plays an important role
in many fields, including device design and microbiology. We perform hybrid lattice …

Liquid crystals (LCs) display many of the flow characteristics of liquids but exhibit long range
orientational order. In the nematic phase, the coupling of structure and flow leads to complex …

Existence and uniqueness of local strong solutions for the Beris--Edwards model for nematic
liquid crystals, which couples the Navier-Stokes equations with an evolution equation for the …

Liquid crystals establish a nearly unique combination of thermodynamic, hydrodynamic, and
topological behavior. This poses a challenge to their theoretical understanding and …