Variational Problems and Modeling of Ferroelectricity in Chiral Smectic C Liquid Crystals

DOI10.1007/0-387-32153-5_7zbMath1181.76027OpenAlexW120702642MaRDI QIDQ3407197

M. Carme Calderer, Jinhae Park

Publication date: 3 March 2010

Published in: Modeling of Soft Matter (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32153-5_7

zbMATH Keywords

minimizerferroelectricsurface energyliquid crystalschiralelectricfieldsmectic C\(^*\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M30) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Liquid crystals (76A15) Statistical mechanics of ferroelectrics (82D45)

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