2 papers
cond-mat.soft2019
Curved geometries from planar director fields - Solving the two-dimensional inverse problem
Itay Griniasty, Hillel Aharoni, Efi Efrati
Thin nematic elastomers, composite hydrogels and plant tissues are among many systems that display uniform anisotropic deformation upon external actuation. In these materials, the…
cond-mat.soft2018
Aspects of Defect Topology in Smectic Liquid Crystals
Thomas Machon, Hillel Aharoni, Yichen Hu +1
We study the topology of smectic defects in two and three dimensions. We give a topological classification of smectic point defects and disclination lines in three dimensions. In a…