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cond-mat.soft2021
Topology of orientational defects in confined smectic liquid crystals
Paul A. Monderkamp, René Wittmann, Louis B. G. Cortes +3
We propose a general formalism to characterize orientational frustration of smectic liquid crystals in confinement by interpreting the emerging networks of grain boundaries as obje…
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Particle-resolved topological defects of smectic colloidal liquid crystals in extreme confinement
René Wittmann, Louis B. G. Cortes, Hartmut Löwen +1
Confined samples of liquid crystals are characterized by a variety of topological defects and can be exposed to external constraints such as extreme confinements with nontrivial to…