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cond-mat.soft2017★ 19 cited
Contact Topology and the Structure and Dynamics of Cholesterics
Thomas Machon
Using tools and concepts from contact topology we show that non-vanishing twist implies conservation of the layer structure in cholesteric liquid crystals. This leads to a number o…
cond-mat.soft2017★ 29 cited
Composite Dislocations in Smectic Liquid Crystals
Hillel Aharoni, Thomas Machon, Randall D. Kamien
Smectic liquid crystals are charcterized by layers that have a preferred uniform spacing and vanishing curvature in their ground state. Dislocations in the smectics play an importa…