Observation of Apparent High Strength Singularities in Mixtures of Nematic Thermotropic and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
- Vol. 82 (6) , 199-204
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01406568208247003
Abstract
High strength singularities (up to +4) are observed in emulsions of lyotropic with thermotropic nematic phases. They are most likely associated with multiple disclinations emerging near a microdroplet of one phase in the other.Keywords
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