Quartic coupling and its effect on wetting behaviors in nematic liquid crystals*
Zeng Ming-Yinga),b), Holger Merlitza), Wu Chen-Xua)†
       
The order parameters for paranematic (red) and nematic (green) as a function of the z axis if the parameter set falls onto (a) the black line, (b) the green line, (c) the light blue line, and (d) the blue line in Fig. 1 respectively. The parameters γ = 0.01, η = 0, −0.007, −0.037, −0.06545, and t = 0.1492, 0.1503, 0.15965, 0.17018 correspond to W 1 = 2.32 × 10−9 J·cm−2, W 2 = 0, −5.323 × 10−9 J·cm−2, −2.813 × 10−8 J·cm−2, −4.977×10−8 J·cm−2, and T = 308.45 K, 308.465 K, 308.548 K, 308.64 K respectively.