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cond-mat.soft2006★ 24 cited
Bulk and surface biaxiality in nematic liquid crystals
Paolo Biscari, Gaetano Napoli, Stefano Turzi
Nematic liquid crystals possess three different phases: isotropic, uniaxial, and biaxial. The ground state of most nematics is either isotropic or uniaxial, depending on the extern…
cond-mat.soft2004
Impermeability effects in three-dimensional vesicles
Paolo Biscari, Silvia Maria Canevese, Gaetano Napoli
We analyse the effects that the impermeability constraint induces on the equilibrium shapes of a three-dimensional vesicle hosting a rigid inclusion. A given alteration of the incl…