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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2757| Title: | Interaction between a caviy and a singularity in nematics |
| Authors: | Ranganath, G.S. |
| Issue Date: | 1977 |
| Publisher: | Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. |
| Citation: | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1977, Vol.40, p143-148 |
| Abstract: | It is shown that a singularity of strength s interacts with a cylindrical cavity having uniform boundary conditions, as though instead of the cylindrical cavity there is a singularity of strength s at the conjugate point together with one of strength (l - s) at the centre. At large distances the cavity acts as a disclination of strength + 1. Disclinations of negative strength form dipoles with the cavity. An extension of this result can account for the interaction between a spherical cavity and a singular point. |
| Description: | Restricted Access. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2757 |
| ISSN: | 1058-725X |
| Alternative Location: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407708084477 |
| Copyright: | 1977 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V. |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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