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Neural-network approach to modeling liquid crystals in complex confinement

dc.contributor.authorSantos-Silva, T.
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Paulo
dc.contributor.authorAnquetil-Deck, C.
dc.contributor.authorCleaver, D. J.
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-18T16:40:45Z
dc.date.available2014-06-18T16:40:45Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-28
dc.description.abstractFinding the structure of a confined liquid crystal is a difficult task since both the density and order parameter profiles are nonuniform. Starting from a microscopic model and density-functional theory, one has to either (i) solve a nonlinear, integral Euler-Lagrange equation, or (ii) perform a direct multidimensional free energy minimization. The traditional implementations of both approaches are computationally expensive and plagued with convergence problems. Here, as an alternative, we introduce an unsupervised variant of the multilayer perceptron (MLP) artificial neural network for minimizing the free energy of a fluid of hard nonspherical particles confined between planar substrates of variable penetrability. We then test our algorithm by comparing its results for the structure (density-orientation profiles) and equilibrium free energy with those obtained by standard iterative solution of the Euler-Lagrange equations and with Monte Carlo simulation results. Very good agreement is found and the MLP method proves competitively fast, flexible, and refinable. Furthermore, it can be readily generalized to the richer experimental patterned-substrate geometries that are now experimentally realizable but very problematic to conventional theoretical treatments.por
dc.identifier.citationSANTOS-SILVA, T.; TEIXEIRA, P. I. C.; ANQUETIL-DECK, C.; CLEAVER, D. J. - Neural-network approach to modeling liquid crystals in complex confinement. Physical Review E. ISSN 1539-3755. Vol. 89, nr. 5 (2014), p. 053316-1/053316-12.por
dc.identifier.issn1539-3755 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1538-4519 (CD-Rom)
dc.identifier.issn1550-2376 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1103/PhysRevE.89.053316
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/3642
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societypor
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.053316por
dc.subjectNeural-networkpor
dc.subjectModeling liquid crystalspor
dc.subjectComplex confinementpor
dc.titleNeural-network approach to modeling liquid crystals in complex confinementpor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage053316-12por
oaire.citation.issue5por
oaire.citation.startPage053316-1por
oaire.citation.titlePhysical Review Epor
oaire.citation.volume89por
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