Nematic liquid crystals on spherical surfaces: Control of defect configurations by temperature, density, and rod shape

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dhakal, Subas ^a   Solis, Francisco J ^b   Olvera De La Cruz, Monica ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECT CONFIGURATIONS; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC CONSTANTS; ELASTIC ANISOTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; GREAT CIRCLE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SHELL THICKNESS; SPHERICAL SURFACE; TETRAHEDRAL ARRANGEMENT; VARIATIONAL METHODS;

ANISOTROPY; FLOCCULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SPHERES; SURFACE DEFECTS;

DEFECT DENSITY;

EID: 84864427511     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.011709     Document Type: Article

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