Phys. Rev. E 52, 718 (1995) - Alignment tensor versus director: Description of defects in nematic liquid crystals

Alignment tensor versus director: Description of defects in nematic liquid crystals

A. Sonnet, A. Kilian, and S. Hess

Phys. Rev. E 52, 718 – Published 1 July 1995

Abstract

The core structure of nematic defects cannot be represented by the usual director field, but requires the description by the full orial calculus.

Received 9 March 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.52.718

©1995 American Physical Society

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A. Sonnet, A. Kilian, and S. Hess

Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany

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Vol. 52, Iss. 1 — July 1995

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