Hysteresis in Two-Dimensional Liquid Crystal Models

Figure 1

Mean field approximation. Dependence of on external field through a complete hysteresis cycle. Either no hysteresis, single loop hysteresis, or double loop hysteresis is observed. (a) ; dashed line: , full line: , and dotted line: . (b) ; full line: , dashed line: , and dotted line: .

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