The radial hedgehog solution in the Landau-de Gennes theory: effects of the bulk potentials (Q6191517)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 7814530
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The radial hedgehog solution in the Landau-de Gennes theory: effects of the bulk potentials (English)
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7 March 2024
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The authors study the Landau-de Gennes theory with a sixth-order bulk potential. Existence of a radial hedgehog solution for all temperatures and droplet sizes is proved. The authors conclude that the sixth-order potential has a stabilising effect on biaxial critical points and a de-stabilising effect on uniaxial critical points.
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nematic liquid crystals
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Landau-de Gennes model
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sixth-order bulk potential
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biaxiality
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radial hedgehog
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