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
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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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