Nonlinear molecular deformations and solitons in a nematic liquid crystal

DOI10.1016/j.physd.2008.05.015zbMath1153.82349MaRDI QIDQ1000699

J. Martínez

Publication date: 10 February 2009

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2008.05.015

zbMATH Keywords

perturbation; space curve; soliton; nematic liquid crystal; director dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82D25: Statistical mechanics of crystals

35Q55: NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations)

82C20: Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics

35Q51: Soliton equations

81V55: Molecular physics