Lattice orientation of cholesteric blue phases in contact with surfaces enforcing unidirectional planar anchoring

We investigate numerically the lattice orientation of cholesteric blue phases in contact with surfaces enforcing unidirectional planar anchoring. Our study is based on the Landau-de Gennes continuum theory in which the orientational order of the liquid crystal is described by a second-rank tensor. W...

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Main Authors: Jun-ichi Fukuda (福田順一), Slobodan Žumer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-09-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033407