Topological defects in dispersed words and worlds around liquid crystals, or liquid crystal drops
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 24 (1) , 117-126
- https://doi.org/10.1080/026782998207640
Abstract
The structure of dispersed liquid crystal droplets elasticity, surface tension, and surface anchoring. For sufficiently large droplets with radius R K / W a, where K is the bulk elastic constant and W a is the anchoring coefficient, the surface terms prevail. As a result, the equilibrium states of large droplets contain topologically stable defects. Application of topological theorems to and hedgehogs is reviewed. is controlled by a balance of the bulk defect structures, e.g. monopoles, boojumsKeywords
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