DISINCLINATIONS IN LIQUID CRYSTALS

Open Access

1 January 1970

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics

Vol. 23 (2) , 49-64
https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmam/23.2.49

Abstract

In the framework of the static theory of liquid crystals we consider orientation patterns with disinclinations. We study the stability of such patterns and the interaction of a group of disinclinations.

Keywords

DISINCLINATIONS
LIQUID CRYSTALS
STATIC THEORY
CONSIDER ORIENTATION
ORIENTATION PATTERNS
FRAMEWORK
STABILITY