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cond-mat.soft2015★ 52 cited
Waltzing route towards double-helix formation in cholesteric shells
Alexandre Darmon, Michael Benzaquen, Olivier Dauchot +1
We study cholesteric order in liquid crystal shells with planar degenerate anchoring. We observe that the bipolar and radial configurations intensively reported for bulk droplets h…
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…