Analytic description of layer undulations in smectic A liquid crystals

DOI10.1007/s00205-011-0442-yzbMath1318.76002OpenAlexW2086666278MaRDI QIDQ715350

Sookyung Joo, Carlos J. García-Cervera

Publication date: 5 November 2012

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00205-011-0442-y

zbMATH Keywords

stabilityexistencegamma-convergencecritical magnetic fieldHelfrich-Hurault theoryLandau-de Gennes method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics (76W05)

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