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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2764| Title: | Singularities in nematics: The effect of elastic constant variations |
| Authors: | Kini, U.D. Ranganath, G.S. |
| Issue Date: | 1977 |
| Publisher: | Gordon and Breach Science Publishers. |
| Citation: | Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 1977, Vol.38, p311-317 |
| Abstract: | In this paper we report typical calculations of the variations in the deformation energy, interaction energy and orientational pattern of + 1, - 1, +½ and -½ singularities in the neighbourhood of a nematic-smectic transition in CBOOA. We find the interaction between +½ and -½ singularities to increase much more rapidly than that between + 1 and - 1 as the smectic point is reached, indicating that the former have a greater probability of annihilating each other near the transition. |
| Description: | Restricted Access. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/2764 |
| ISSN: | 1058-725X |
| Alternative Location: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421407708084395 |
| Copyright: | 1977 OPA (Overseas Publishers Association) N.V. |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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