SCFT of semiflexible nematics yields density-nematic coupling that destabilizes the phase above a u0/u2 threshold, produces flexibility-driven crossover to splay-dominated elasticity, and shows +1/2 disclination cores scaling with the equilibrium correlation length.
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Self-consistent field theory of semiflexible nematics: Density-nematic coupling, anisotropic elasticity, and defect core sizes
SCFT of semiflexible nematics yields density-nematic coupling that destabilizes the phase above a u0/u2 threshold, produces flexibility-driven crossover to splay-dominated elasticity, and shows +1/2 disclination cores scaling with the equilibrium correlation length.