Nucleation of topological dipoles in nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1007/S002200050527MaRDI QIDQ1284091zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Giovanna Guidone Peroli, Epifanio G. Virga

Publication date 18 May 1999

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200050527

zbMATH Keywords

metastable statemonopolesOseen-Frank theorypoint defectsstable state

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

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