Casimir torques between anisotropic boundaries in nematic liquid crystals.
Fluctuation-induced interactions between anisotropic objects immersed in a nematic liquid crystal are shown to depend on the relative orientation of these objects. The resulting long-range "Casimir" torques are explicitly calculated for a simple geometry where elastic effects are absent. O...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2001
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