3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Landau-de Gennes numerical simulation of nematic liquid crystals utilizing radial basis functions
Jin-Sheng Wu, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Numerical simulations based on radial basis functions have been developed for systems with complex geometries and have been successfully applied across various fields, including se…
cond-mat.soft2025
Emergent dimer-model topological order and quasi-particle excitations in liquid crystals: combinatorial vortex lattices
Cuiling Meng, Jin-Sheng Wu, Žiga Kos +3
Liquid crystals have proven to provide a versatile experimental and theoretical platform for studying topological objects such as vortices, skyrmions, and hopfions. In parallel, in…
cond-mat.soft2024
Topological Rigidity and Non-Abelian defect junctions in chiral nematic systems with effective biaxial symmetry
Jin-Sheng Wu, Roberto Abril Valenzuela, Mark J. Bowick +1
We study topologically stable defect structures in systems where the defect line classification in three dimensions and associated algebra of interactions (the fundamental group) a…