Distinguishing the Focal-Conic Fan Texture of Smectic A from the Focal-Conic Fan Texture of Smectic B
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Radius | Points | Accuracy | Precision | Recall | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SmA | CrB | SmA | CrB | |||
1 | 4 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 0.79 |
1 | 6 | 0.76 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.81 |
1 | 8 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.75 | 0.75 |
2 | 8 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.78 |
2 | 10 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.77 | 0.79 |
2 | 12 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.78 |
2 | 14 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.82 |
2 | 16 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.79 |
3 | 24 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.81 |
3 | 20 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.82 |
3 | 16 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
3 | 12 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.82 |
4 | 26 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.82 |
4 | 28 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
4 | 30 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.83 |
4 | 32 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.84 | 0.85 |
Radius | Points | Accuracy | Precision | Recall | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SmA | CrB | SmA | CrB | |||
1 | 4 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.77 |
1 | 6 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.91 |
1 | 8 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.85 |
2 | 8 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.88 |
2 | 10 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.86 |
2 | 12 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.82 |
2 | 14 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.89 | 0.82 |
2 | 16 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.87 |
3 | 24 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.92 | 0.93 | 0.92 |
3 | 20 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.92 |
3 | 16 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.92 |
3 | 12 | 0.84 | 0.91 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.92 |
4 | 26 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.92 |
4 | 28 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.92 |
4 | 30 | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.94 |
4 | 32 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.92 |
Radius | Points | Accuracy | Precision | Recall | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SmA | CrB | SmA | CrB | |||
1 | 4 | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.70 |
1 | 6 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.77 |
1 | 8 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.8 | 0.85 |
2 | 8 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.81 |
2 | 10 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.84 |
2 | 12 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.86 | 0.83 |
2 | 14 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.84 |
2 | 16 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.87 |
3 | 24 | 0.90 | 0.87 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.86 |
3 | 20 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.86 |
3 | 16 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.88 |
3 | 12 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.86 |
4 | 26 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.92 |
4 | 28 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.93 |
4 | 30 | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 0.92 |
4 | 32 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.93 | 0.92 |
Radius | Points | Accuracy | Precision | Recall | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SmA | CrB | SmA | SmB | |||
1 | 4 | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 0.83 |
1 | 6 | 0.84 | 0.93 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.94 |
1 | 8 | 0.76 | 0.85 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.88 |
2 | 8 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.82 |
2 | 10 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.81 |
2 | 12 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.74 |
2 | 14 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.78 |
2 | 16 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.80 |
3 | 24 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.89 |
3 | 20 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.84 |
3 | 16 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.83 |
3 | 12 | 0.79 | 0.82 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.82 |
4 | 26 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.89 |
4 | 28 | 0.83 | 0.87 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.87 |
4 | 30 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.78 | 0.86 |
4 | 32 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.84 |
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Osiecka-Drewniak, N.; Galewski, Z.; Juszyńska-Gałązka, E. Distinguishing the Focal-Conic Fan Texture of Smectic A from the Focal-Conic Fan Texture of Smectic B. Crystals 2023, 13, 1187. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13081187
Osiecka-Drewniak N, Galewski Z, Juszyńska-Gałązka E. Distinguishing the Focal-Conic Fan Texture of Smectic A from the Focal-Conic Fan Texture of Smectic B. Crystals. 2023; 13(8):1187. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13081187
Chicago/Turabian StyleOsiecka-Drewniak, Natalia, Zbigniew Galewski, and Ewa Juszyńska-Gałązka. 2023. "Distinguishing the Focal-Conic Fan Texture of Smectic A from the Focal-Conic Fan Texture of Smectic B" Crystals 13, no. 8: 1187. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst13081187