Abstract
Thermal instabilities have been observed when a nematic liquid crystal sample is submitted to a temperature gradient. The value and the sign of the gradient threshold depend on the initial liquid crystal configuration. We calculate the gradient threshold for planar and homeotropic configurations by solving the exact two-dimensional problem taking into account the boundary conditions.
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