Curvature and topology in smectic-A liquid crystals

DOI10.1098/rspa.2005.1534zbMath1186.82091WikidataQ125288652 ScholiaQ125288652MaRDI QIDQ5427654

Randall D. Kamien, Christian D. Santangelo

Publication date: 21 November 2007

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.2005.1534

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear elasticity; exact solutions; edge dislocations; smectics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74G65: Energy minimization in equilibrium problems in solid mechanics

53A10: Minimal surfaces in differential geometry, surfaces with prescribed mean curvature

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

76A15: Liquid crystals