Curvature-driven stability of defects in nematic textures over spherical disks.
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DOI: 10.1103/physreve.95.062706
Abstract: Stabilizing defects in liquid-crystal systems is crucial for many physical processes and applications ranging from functionalizing liquid-crystal textures to recently reported command of chaotic behaviors of active matters. In this work, we perform analytical calculations… read more here.
Keywords: disk; driven stability; liquid crystal; curvature driven ... See more keywords