Parallel transport and defects on nematic shells

DOI10.1007/s00161-012-0259-4zbMath1259.82120OpenAlexW2070338695MaRDI QIDQ1939393

Epifanio G. Virga, Samo Kralj, Riccardo Rosso

Publication date: 4 March 2013

Published in: Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-012-0259-4

zbMATH Keywords

topological chargeparallel transportnematic shellsnematic defectsorder tensor

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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