Author: Lavrentovich O. D.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISSN: 0267-8292
Source: Liquid Crystals, Vol.24, Iss.1, 1998-01, pp. : 117-126
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Abstract
The structure of dispersed liquid crystal droplets elasticity, surface tension, and surface anchoring. For sufficiently large droplets with radius R K / W a, where K is the bulk elastic constant and W a is the anchoring coefficient, the surface terms prevail. As a result, the equilibrium states of large droplets contain topologically stable defects. Application of topological theorems to and hedgehogs is reviewed. is controlled by a balance of the bulk defect structures, e.g. monopoles, boojums
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