Poster Session (PSa-01～PSa-50)

[PSa-23] Equilibrium phases and the ordering kinetics of calamitic liquid crystals

*NISHANT BIRDI¹, TOM UNDERWOOD², NIGEL WILDING³, SANJAY PURI⁴, VARSHA BANERJEE⁵ (1. SCHOOL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI, INDIA, 2. DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY, UNIVERSITY OF BATH, BATH, UNITED KINGDOM, 3. H.H. WILLS PHYSICS LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM, 4. SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, DELHI, INDIA, 5. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI, INDIA)

Keywords:LIQUID CRYSTALS, GAY BERNE MODEL, NEMATIC, SMECTIC, DOMAIN GROWTH