Nucleation of topological dipoles in nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1007/S002200050527zbMATH Open0917.76005OpenAlexW2002464196MaRDI QIDQ1284091FDOQ1284091

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

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zbMATH Keywords

metastable statemonopolespoint defectsstable stateOseen-Frank theory

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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• Topological properties of ordinary nematics in 3-space
• Topological aspects of liquid crystals

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