Fractional Brownian motion of director fluctuations in nematic ordering
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Fractional Brownian motion of director fluctuations in nematic ordering. / Zhang, Z.; Mouritsen, O. G.; Otnes, K.; Riste, T.; Zuckermann, M. J.
In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 70, No. 12, 1993, p. 1834-1837.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Fractional Brownian motion of director fluctuations in nematic ordering
AU - Zhang, Z.
AU - Mouritsen, O. G.
AU - Otnes, K.
AU - Riste, T.
AU - Zuckermann, M. J.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - Temporal director fluctuations in nematic ordering were studied by computer simulation on the Lebwohl-Lasher model as well as by neutron-scattering experiments on the nematogen d-PAA. The time-series data have been analyzed by the rescaled-range method and in terms of the power spectrum in order to determine the Hurst exponent H. Theory and experiment are in good agreement. A value of H1 was found for the nematic phase, characterizing fractional Brownian motion, whereas H0.5, reflecting ordinary Brownian motion, applies in the isotropic phase. Field-induced crossover from fractional to ordinary Brownian motion was observed in the nematic phase.
AB - Temporal director fluctuations in nematic ordering were studied by computer simulation on the Lebwohl-Lasher model as well as by neutron-scattering experiments on the nematogen d-PAA. The time-series data have been analyzed by the rescaled-range method and in terms of the power spectrum in order to determine the Hurst exponent H. Theory and experiment are in good agreement. A value of H1 was found for the nematic phase, characterizing fractional Brownian motion, whereas H0.5, reflecting ordinary Brownian motion, applies in the isotropic phase. Field-induced crossover from fractional to ordinary Brownian motion was observed in the nematic phase.
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1834
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.1834
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:0347311515
VL - 70
SP - 1834
EP - 1837
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 12
ER -
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