title: Rotational dissipation and the Miesowicz coefficients.
abstract: In this work, we will study the relative contribution of each of the two dissipative channels of the Eriksen, Leslie, and Parodi (ELP) approach to the observed values of the Miesowicz viscosity coefficients of the nematic liquid crystals. According to the fundamental equation of the liquid crystal's viscosity dissipative process, TS=-integral d3r(sigma)ijA(ij)+hxN , there are two channels by which the nematic viscous dissipation can occur: or it occurs by means of a shear flow configuration, where A(ij) is the characterizing term, or it occurs by means of a rotational configuration, where N is the characterizing term (these parameters will be defined in the paper). It will be also shown that this relative contribution can be measured by a simple relationship connecting the Miesowicz coefficients, which exhibits a quasitemperature independent behavior, suggesting that it is nearly constant through the entire domain of the nematic phase.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Campus Universitário, 86051-990 Londrina, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguti
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Palangana
mesh_terms: D016880:Anisotropy; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004735:Energy Transfer; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D012399:Rotation