A tensor model for liquid crystals on a spherical surface

DOI10.1007/S11425-013-4746-2MaRDI QIDQ476524zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Hong Cheng, Pingwen Zhang

Publication date 2 December 2014

Published in Science China. Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s11425-013-4746-2

zbMATH Keywords

liquid crystalBingham closure approximationnematic texturetennis-ball configuration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15) Spherical harmonics (33C55) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

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