Computational Physics of Liquid Crystal Composites

该项目涉及三维液晶系统的大规模模拟。这些都是通过改编爱丁堡大学与EPCC合作开发的代码和编写原始代码来完成的。该项目的主要目标是研究一种新型的软物质，由分散和悬浮在液晶中的液滴和胶体组成。此外，其中一种材料是液晶的二元混合物也将通过模拟进行研究。这项工作的目的是生产材料，促进更高水平的控制材料的性质，除了材料，显示新的和不寻常的反应，字段和流。此外，液晶悬浮液中的液滴被认为在新一代激光器的开发中具有潜在的用途。

The project involves large scale simulations of three dimensional liquid crystal systems. These are done by adapting code developed at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with the EPCC and by writing original code. The main objective of the project is to investigate a new type of soft matter consisting of droplets and colloids dispersed and suspended within liquid crystals. In addition, binary mixtures in which one of the materials is liquid crystalline will also be investigated through simulations. This work aims to produce materials that facilitate higher levels of control of the properties of the materials in addition to materials that display novel and unusual responses to fields and flow. Additionally, the droplets in liquid crystal suspensions are thought to have potential use in the development of new-generation lasers.