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We study theoretically static structure and annihilation dynamics of edge dislocations in a smectic-A liquid crystal confined to a plan-parallel cell. The Landau-Ginzburg type phenomenological approach is used in terms of a complex order parameter. We investigate a structure of an isolated dislocation that is enforced by boundary conditions. We further follow the annihilation dynamics of a pair of dislocations into a defectless state.
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Ambrožič, M., Slavinec, M., Kralj, S. (2004). Edge Dislocations in Smectic-A Liquid Crystals. In: Rzoska, S.J., Zhelezny, V.P. (eds) Nonlinear Dielectric Phenomena in Complex Liquids. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 157. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2704-4_22
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