Open AccessNematic liquid crystals on spherical surfaces: Control of defect configurations by temperature, density, and rod shape
Author(s) -
Subas Dhakal,
Francisco J. Solis,
Mónica Olvera de la Cruz
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
physical review. e, statistical, nonlinear and soft matter physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-2376
pISSN - 1539-3755
DOI - 10.1103/physreve.86.011709
Subject(s) - liquid crystal , anisotropy , materials science , monte carlo method , tetrahedron , condensed matter physics , spherical shell , spherical harmonics , surface (topology) , flow (mathematics) , shell (structure) , molecular physics , optics , mechanics , crystallography , physics , geometry , chemistry , composite material , statistics , mathematics , quantum mechanics