Composite Dislocations in Smectic Liquid Crystals.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.257801
Abstract: Smectic liquid crystals are characterized by layers that have a preferred uniform spacing and vanishing curvature in their ground state. Dislocations in smectics play an important role in phase nucleation, layer reorientation, and dynamics. Typically… read more here.
Keywords: smectic liquid; composite dislocations; liquid crystals; topology ... See more keywords