Liquid crystal defects in the Landau–de Gennes theory in two dimensions — Beyond the one-constant approximation
We consider the two-dimensional (2D) Landau–de Gennes energy with several elastic constants, subject to general k-radially symmetric boundary conditions. We show that for generic elastic constants the critical points consistent with the symmetry of the boundary conditions exist only in the case k =...
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World Scientific Publishing
2016
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