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Topological Defects in Spherical Nematics
Homin Shin, Mark J. Bowick, Xiangjun Xing
We study the organization of topological defects in a system of nematogens confined to the two-dimensional sphere (S^2). We first perform Monte Carlo simulations of a fluid system…
Bubble Raft Model for a Paraboloidal Crystal
Mark J. Bowick, Luca Giomi, Homin Shin +1
We investigate crystalline order on a two-dimensional paraboloid of revolution by assembling a single layer of millimeter-sized soap bubbles on the surface of a rotating liquid, th…
Vacancy localization in the square dimer model
J. Bouttier, M. Bowick, E. Guitter +1
We study the classical dimer model on a square lattice with a single vacancy by developing a graph-theoretic classification of the set of all configurations which extends the spann…
Crystalline Order On Riemannian Manifolds With Variable Gaussian Curvature And Boundary
Luca Giomi, Mark J. Bowick
We investigate the zero temperature structure of a crystalline monolayer constrained to lie on a two-dimensional Riemannian manifold with variable Gaussian curvature and boundary.…