Instability of point defects in a two-dimensional nematic liquid crystal model (Q305121)
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Instability of point defects in a two-dimensional nematic liquid crystal model (English)
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26 August 2016
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The authors consider a class of critical (stationary) points of the Landau-de Gennes model for nematic liquid crystals in two dimensions. They consider a class of points with degree \(k\), corresponding to the winding number \(k/2\). The main result, proven via ODE and PDE methods, is that for \(k\) equal to \(2\) and higher, these points are unstable.
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liquid crystals
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defects
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stability
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Landau-de Gennes functional
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