Chiral hedgehog textures in two-dimensional [Formula Presented]-like ordered domains

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 5115-5118

  Loh, Kok Kiong ^a   Kraus, Isabelle ^b   Meyer, Robert B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; POINT DEFECTS; THIN FILMS;

CHIRAL HEDGEHOG TEXTURES; SPONTANEOUS BROKEN CHIRAL SYMMETRY;

SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0034296044     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.5115     Document Type: Article

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