Knot theory realizations in nematic colloids

DOI10.1073/PNAS.1417178112MaRDI QIDQ2962273zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Simon Čopar, Uroš Tkalec, Igor Muševič, S. Žumer

Publication date 16 February 2017

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1417178112

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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• The Q-tensor model with uniaxial constraint
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• Topology in liquid crystal phases
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• A finite element method for the generalized Ericksen model of nematic liquid crystals
• Accelerated Gradient Descent Methods for the Uniaxially Constrained Landau-de Gennes Model
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• Constructing a polynomial whose nodal set is the three-twist knot 5₂
• Maxwell's theory of solid angle and the construction of knotted fields

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