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cond-mat.soft2015★ 70 cited
Fracture in Sheets Draped on Curved Surfaces
Noah P. Mitchell, Vinzenz Koning, Vincenzo Vitelli +1
Conforming materials to rigid substrates with Gaussian curvature --- positive for spheres and negative for saddles --- has proven a versatile tool to guide the self-assembly of def…
cond-mat.soft2015★ 24 cited
Spherical nematics with a threefold valence
Vinzenz Koning, Teresa Lopez-Leon, Alexandre Darmon +2
We present a theoretical study of the energetics of thin nematic shells with two charge one-half defects and one charge-one defect. We determine the optimal arrangement: the defect…