7 citations · 14 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
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cond-mat.soft2014★ 7 cited
On the Disclination Lines of Nematic Liquid Crystals
Yucheng Hu, Yang Qu, Pingwen Zhang
Defects in liquid crystals are of great practical importance and theoretical interest. Despite tremendous efforts, predicting the location and transition of defects under various t…
math.AP2012★ 7 cited
The small Deborah number limit of the Doi-Onsager equation to the Ericksen-Leslie equation
Wei Wang, Pingwen Zhang, Zhifei Zhang
We present a rigorous derivation of the Ericksen-Leslie equation starting from the Doi-Onsager equation. As in the fluid dynamic limit of the Boltzmann equation, we first make the…