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We examine the behaviour of single-particle orientational time correlation functions in nematic liquid crystals. As well as the expected dynamics involving oscillation in a mean-field potential, and occasional jumps between orientations parallel and antiparallel to the director, we provide the first simulation evidence of long-time tails characteristic of coupling to director fluctuations.
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Humpert, A., Masters, A. & Allen, M. Orientational dynamics in nematic liquid crystals. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 225, 1723–1732 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2016-60118-1
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