Jonathan Salmerón-Hernández
Mexican Ph.D. candidate at the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago.
Session
07-10
15:40
10min
Lyotropic Liquid Crystals: Thermodynamics & Numerical methods
Pablo Zubieta, Jonathan Salmerón-Hernández
We first present the hydrodynamic equations for lyotropic (concentration-dependent) Liquid Crystals (LCs), derived via the thermodynamic GENERIC framework. Next, we showcase the development of a .jl package to solve these equations, combining 1) finite differences (inspired by DiffEqOperators.jl) and 2) the Lattice Boltzmann method (found in Trixi.jl). Solving in 2D and 3D at equilibrium and under different flows, we demonstrate that our methodology allows the prediction of experimental LC data.
Physics & Quantum Chemistry
For Loop (3.2)