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cond-mat.soft2014★ 22 cited
The Geometry of the Cholesteric Phase
Daniel A. Beller, Thomas Machon, Simon Čopar +4
We propose a construction of a cholesteric pitch axis for an arbitrary nematic director field as an eigenvalue problem. Our definition leads to a Frenet-Serret description of an or…
cond-mat.soft2014★ 70 cited
Knotted Defects in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Thomas Machon, Gareth P. Alexander
We show that the number of distinct topological states associated to a given knotted defect, , in a nematic liquid crystal is equal to the determinant of the link . We give a…