@Article{CiCP-7-301,
author = {Nasser Mohieddin Abukhdeir and Alejandro D. Rey},
title = {Simulation of Spherulite Growth Using a Comprehensive Approach to Modeling the First-Order Isotropic/Smectic-A Mesophase Transition},
journal = {Communications in Computational Physics},
year = {2010},
volume = {7},
number = {2},
pages = {301--316},
abstract = {<p style="text-align: justify;">A comprehensive modeling and simulation study of the first-order isotropic/smectic-A transition is presented and applied to phase diagram computation
and two-dimensional spherulite growth. An approach based on nonlinear optimization,
that incorporates experimental data (from 12CB, dodecyl-cyanobiphenyl), is used
to determine physically realistic model parameters. These parameters are then used in
conjunction with an optimized phase diagram computation method. Additionally, a
time-dependent formulation is presented and applied to the study of two-dimensional
smectic-A spherulite growth. These results show the growth kinetics and defect dynamics
of nanoscale smectic-A spherulite growth in an isotropic phase with an initially
radial layer configuration.</p>},
issn = {1991-7120},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.2009.08.201},
url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/7630.html}
}