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Twisting of liquid crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

J. L. Ericksen
J. L. Ericksen
Affiliation:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Abstract

We discuss a one-parameter family of general solutions of the hydrostatic equations for liquid crystals. For certain values of the parameter, the energy may take on extremal values. We discuss special features of such solutions. Configurations similar to those considered naturally occur in liquid crystals of cholesteric type, suggesting that some such state has a relatively low energy.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , 11 January 1967 , pp. 59 - 64
Copyright
© 1967 Cambridge University Press

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