Computing equilibrium states of cholesteric liquid crystals in elliptical channels with deflation algorithms
We study the problem of a cholesteric liquid crystal confined to an elliptical channel. The system is geometrically frustrated because the cholesteric prefers to adopt a uniform rate of twist deformation, but the elliptical domain precludes this. The frustration is resolved by deformation of the lay...
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Taylor and Francis
2017
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