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Lily-like twist distribution in toroidal nematics
Andrea Pedrini, Marco Piastra, Epifanio G. Virga
Toroidal nematics are droplets of nematic liquid crystals in the form of a circular torus. When the nematic director is subject to planar degenerate boundary conditions, the bend-o…
cond-mat.soft2018
Instability of toroidal nematics
Andrea Pedrini, Epifanio G. Virga
Toroidal nematics are nematic liquid crystals confined within a circular torus and subject to planar degenerate anchoring on the boundary of the torus. They may be droplets floatin…