The evolution equation for a disclination in a nematic liquid crystal

DOI10.1098/rspa.2001.0876zbMath1001.76005OpenAlexW2130241163MaRDI QIDQ4545318

Eliot Fried, Paolo Cermelli

Publication date: 15 August 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2001.0876

zbMATH Keywords

evolution equationconfigurational forcesnematic liquid crystalsEshelby stressdisclinationsurface disclinationsEshelby's paradoxextended Ericksen-Leslie theoryGurtin's theorysurface cusp

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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