Spiral waves in nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals

DOI10.1016/0167-2789(94)00209-9zbMath0899.76054OpenAlexW1992944800MaRDI QIDQ1892694

Thomas Frisch

Publication date: 19 June 1995

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2789(94)00209-9

zbMATH Keywords

elasticityrotating magnetic fieldchirality constantIsing-Bloch transition of Brochard-Leger wallsmoving solitons

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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