Spheric domains in smectic liquid crystals
- 1 November 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 26 (5) , 3037-3040
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.26.3037
Abstract
We study smectic- defect structures which preserve layer thickness. We deduce that the interstitial regions between the well-known focal conic domains are filled with concentric spheres.
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