title: Hydrodynamics of domain growth in nematic liquid crystals.
abstract: We study the growth of aligned domains in nematic liquid crystals. Results are obtained solving the Beris-Edwards equations of motion using the lattice Boltzmann approach. Spatial anisotropy in the domain growth is shown to be a consequence of the flow induced by the changing order parameter field (backflow). The generalization of the results to the growth of a cylindrical domain, which involves the dynamics of a defect ring, is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Géza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tóth
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denniston
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yeomans