Dynamics of point defects in nematic liquid crystals

DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(97)80021-8zbMath0941.76007OpenAlexW2034876467MaRDI QIDQ1376455

Epifanio G. Virga, Guidone G. Peroli

Publication date: 17 December 1997

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2789(97)80021-8

zbMATH Keywords

nematic liquid crystalscapillary tubesperiodic arrays of defectstopological theory of defects

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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