Point defects in 2D liquid crystals
Title: Point defects in 2D liquid crystals
Speaker: Valeriy Slastikov, University of Bristol
Date: Wednesday, 14th October 2015
Time: 3pm – 4pm
Location: Room E1.19, Science East
Abstract:
We study a class of symmetric critical points in a variational 2D Landau-de Gennes model for nematic liquid crystals. These critical points play the role of topological point defects. We investigate stability and qualitative properties of these symmetric solutions.
Series: ACM
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