Two transitions in tangentially anchored nematic droplets (Q3811883)

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Two transitions in tangentially anchored nematic droplets
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    Two transitions in tangentially anchored nematic droplets (English)
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    1986
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    transitions between static director configurations
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    nematic droplet
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    tangential anchoring
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    total elastic energy
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    Frank energy
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    surface contribution
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    bipolar configuration
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    existence of a twisted bipolar configuration
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    linearization of the Euler-Lagrange equation
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    Sturm- Liouville problem
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