Finite Element Method for Liquid Crystal Defect Minimization
Analysis
Key Takeaways
- •Presents a numerical algorithm for simulating defect structures in liquid crystals.
- •Employs the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) and finite elements.
- •Addresses a Plateau-like problem with surface and boundary energy terms.
- •Includes obstacles and prescribed curves to make the problem non-trivial.
- •Provides physical interpretations of the results for colloidal particles.
“The algorithm minimizes a discretized version of the energy using finite elements, generalizing existing TV-minimization methods.”