Likelihood and expected-time statistics of monodomain attractors in sheared discotic and rod-like nematic polymers
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In confined flows of initially homogenous nematic polymers, a key factor in the evolution of mesostructure is the likely timescale, denoted by ÆtæA, on which monodomain mesophase attracting states, denoted by A, are resonated by the imposed flow. These monodomain modes (flow-aligning (FA), logrolling (LR), tumbling Xiaoyu Zheng M. Gregory Forest Ruhai Zhou Qi Wang Likelihood and expected-time statistics of monodomain attractors in sheared discotic and rod-like nematic polymers
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