The radial hedgehog solution in the Landau-de Gennes theory: effects of the bulk potentials

DOI10.1016/j.physd.2023.134019arXiv2306.15563OpenAlexW4389570718MaRDI QIDQ6191517

Yucen Han, Sophie McLauchlan, Matthias Langer, Apala Majumdar

Publication date: 7 March 2024

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.15563

zbMATH Keywords

nematic liquid crystalsLandau-de Gennes modelbiaxialityradial hedgehogsixth-order bulk potential

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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