626 citations
- Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom)GB34 papers
- National Institute of InformaticsJP16 papers
- University of BristolGB15 papers
- Hewlett-Packard (United States)US14 papers
- The University of QueenslandAU6 papers
- Hitotsubashi UniversityJP4 papers
- The University of MelbourneAU4 papers
- University of OxfordGB4 papers
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication TechnologyAU3 papers
- Stanford UniversityUS3 papers
- University of CambridgeGB3 papers
- University of WaterlooCA3 papers
Showing math-phShow all
2 papers · 1 filter
math-ph2006★ 34 cited
Topology and Bistability in liquid crystal devices
A. Majumdar, C. J. P. Newton, J. M. R. Robbins +1
We study nematic liquid crystal configurations in a prototype bistable device - the Post Aligned Bistable Nematic (PABN) cell. Working within the Oseen-Frank continuum model, we de…
math-ph2006★ 4 cited
Energies of S^2-valued harmonic maps on polyhedra with tangent boundary conditions
A Majumdar, JM Robbins, M Zyskin
A unit-vector field n:P \to S^2 on a convex polyhedron P \subset R^3 satisfies tangent boundary conditions if, on each face of P, n takes values tangent to that face. Tangent unit-…