Colloidal liquid crystals in rectangular confinement: theory and experiment.
We theoretically and experimentally study nematic liquid crystal equilibria within shallow rectangular wells. We model the wells within a two-dimensional Oseen-Frank framework, with strong tangent anchoring, and obtain explicit analytical expressions for the director fields and energies of the '...
Main Authors: | Lewis, A, Garlea, I, Alvarado, J, Dammone, O, Howell, P, Majumdar, A, Mulder, B, Lettinga, M, Koenderink, G, Aarts, D |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Royal Society of Chemistry
2014
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