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A STUDY OF DEFECTS IN LIQUID CRYSTALS ON A PUNCTURED DISK

  • He Jin (Department of Mathematics Chungnam National University) ;
  • Jinhae Park (Department of Mathematics Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2022.10.06
  • Accepted : 2023.02.24
  • Published : 2023.02.28
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Abstract

In this paper, we consider the Landau-de Gennes energy functional for liquid crystals confined in a thin cylindrical domain and study defects of molecular directions in the system by applications of external fields.

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Acknowledgement

This work was financially supported by research fund of Chungnam National University in 2018.

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