Order reconstruction patterns in nematic liquid crystal wells

DOI10.1098/rspa.2014.0276zbMath1320.82067OpenAlexW2110203116MaRDI QIDQ2942587

Samo Kralj, Apala Majumdar

Publication date: 11 September 2015

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2014.0276

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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Cites Work

• Director reorientation and order reconstruction: Competing mechanisms in a nematic cell
• Landau-De Gennes theory of nematic liquid crystals: the Oseen-Frank limit and beyond
• Universal fine structure of nematic hedgehogs
• Metastable nematic hedgehogs

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