Disclination elastica model of loop collision and growth in confined nematic liquid crystals

Alireza Shams, Xuxia Yao, Jung Ok Park, Mohan Srinivasarao, Alejandro D. Rey
2015 Soft Matter  
Theory and modeling are used to characterize disclination loop–loop interactions in nematic liquid crystals under capillary confinement with strong homeotropic anchoring.
doi:10.1039/c5sm00708a pmid:26061721 fatcat:wh5cnwcn2zbpfn53f2iwzuzc4a