Equilibrium of nematic vesicles

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/43/44/445207zbMath1203.82103arXiv1112.0641MaRDI QIDQ3060109

Luigi Vergori, Gaetano Napoli

Publication date: 1 December 2010

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.0641

zbMATH Keywords

membranes; Euler-Lagrange equation; nematic microstructure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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