https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2014-14002-9
Regular Article
Ordering kinetics in liquid crystals with long-ranged interactions
1
Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, 221005, Varanasi, India
2
School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 110067, New Delhi, India
* e-mail: purijnu@gmail.com
Received:
6
May
2013
Revised:
4
October
2013
Accepted:
3
January
2014
Published online:
27
January
2014
We present the results from comprehensive Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of ordering kinetics in d = 2 liquid crystals (LCs). Our LC system is described by the two-component Lebwohl-Lasher model with long-ranged interactions, V(r) ∼ r
-n . We find that systems with 
show the same dynamical behavior as the nearest-neighbor case (n = ∞ . This contradicts available theoretical predictions.
Key words: Soft Matter: Liquid crystals
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