Smectic A liquid crystal configurations with interface defects

DOI10.1002/mma.221zbMath0988.76008OpenAlexW2005477600MaRDI QIDQ2726640

Karl Voss, Chun Liu, M. Carme Calderer

Publication date: 14 July 2002

Published in: Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/mma.221

zbMATH Keywords

wedgestability conditionchevron texturedefect structurefocal conic configurationfunnel-shaped domainnon-concentric annulinon-parallel platesplanar energy minimizing configurationself-similar configurationssmectic A liquid crystal

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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Cites Work

• Liquid crystals with variable degree of orientation
• Radial configurations of smectic A materials and focal conics
• SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS AND THE PARABOLIC CYCLIDES
• Ericksen's Bar and Modeling of the Smectic A--Nematic Phase Transition

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