Radial configurations of smectic A materials and focal conics

M. Carme Calderer; Chun Liu; Karl Voss

doi:10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00159-6

Radial configurations of smectic A materials and focal conics

M. Carme Calderer, Chun Liu, Karl Voss

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Abstract

Radial configurations of smectic A liquid crystals in a disk are considered. Focal conics solutions in the disk are constructed from the original radial solution, and the stability of radial solution is shown.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	11-22
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena
Volume	124
Issue number	1-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00159-6
State	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
M.C. Calderer has been supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, contract no. DMS-9704714, 1997-2000.

Keywords

Focal conics
Liquid crystal
Smectic A
Stability

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