Disclinations and hedgehogs in nematic liquid crystals with variable degree of orientation
Virga, Epifanio G.
Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni, Tome 1 (1990), p. 275-280 / Harvested from Biblioteca Digitale Italiana di Matematica
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There is enough evidence to re-examine disclinations and hedgehogs, the singularities often observed in nematic liquid crystals, in the light of a new theory that allows for local changes in the degree of orientation.

Singolarità di linea e di punto in cristalli liquidi nematici con graào à'orientamento variabile. Si esaminano le singolarità di linea e di punto, che spesso sono presenti nei cristalli liquidi, alla luce di una nuova teoria di Ericksen in cui si ammette che il grado d'orientamento del cristallo possa variare nello spazio.

Publié le : 1990-09-01
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Virga, Epifanio G. Disclinations and hedgehogs in nematic liquid crystals with variable degree of orientation. Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e Applicazioni, Tome 1 (1990) pp. 275-280. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/RLIN_1990_9_1_3_275_0/

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