Defect coalescence in spherical nematic shells

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

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lopez Leon, Teresa ^a,c   Bates, Martin A ^b   Fernandez Nieves, Alberto ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHOMOGENEITIES; OUTER SURFACE; SPHERICAL GEOMETRIES; SPHERICAL SHELL; TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS; TOPOLOGICAL DEFECT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPHERES; SURFACE DEFECTS;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 84867011775     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.86.030702     Document Type: Article

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