Surface Stabilized Topological Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
φ = +/− π (r − rin)/(rout − rin) for rin < r < rout,
φ = +/− π for r > rout
ne = 1.67906 + 0.01546 µm2/λ2 + 0.001663 µm4/λ4
3. Results
3.1. Experimental Results
3.2. Simulation Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Nys, I.; Berteloot, B.; Poy, G. Surface Stabilized Topological Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals. Crystals 2020, 10, 840. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10090840
Nys I, Berteloot B, Poy G. Surface Stabilized Topological Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals. Crystals. 2020; 10(9):840. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10090840
Chicago/Turabian StyleNys, Inge, Brecht Berteloot, and Guilhem Poy. 2020. "Surface Stabilized Topological Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals" Crystals 10, no. 9: 840. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst10090840