Minimizers of the Landau-de Gennes energy around a spherical colloid particle (Q303714)
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Minimizers of the Landau-de Gennes energy around a spherical colloid particle (English)
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22 August 2016
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In this article the authors study minimizing configurations of a nematic liquid crystal around a spherical colloïd particle. They identify and study minimizers in two interesting limit regimes: small balls or large balls.
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nematic
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colloid
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Landau-De Gennes
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minimizer
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