Symmetry breaking in smectics and surface models of their singularities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 37, 2009, Pages 15577-15582

  Chen, Bryan Gin Ge ^a   Alexander, Gareth P ^a   Kamien, Randall D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Singularity theory; Smectic liquid crystals; Topological defects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 70349456143     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905242106     Document Type: Article

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