Constitutive equation for the nematic liquid crystals under weak velocity gradient is derived from the kinetic equation presented by Doi. The constitutive equation is consistent with the phenomenological equation proposed by Ericksen and Leslie. The six viscosity parameters (Leslie coefficients) appearing in the phenomenological theory are expressed by the molecular parameters.
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