Topology of orientational defects in confined smectic liquid crystals
We propose a general formalism to characterize orientational frustration of smectic liquid crystals in confinement by interpreting the emerging networks of grain boundaries as objects with a topological charge. In a formal idealization, this charge is distributed in pointlike units of quarter-intege...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2021
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