A Short Review on the Rheology of Twist Grain Boundary-A and Blue Phase Liquid Crystals
Topological defects are important in determining the properties of physical systems and are known varyingly depending on the broken symmetry. In superfluid helium, they are called vortices; in periodic crystals, one refers to dislocations; and in liquid crystals, they are disclinations. The defects...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2018-04-01
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2311-5521/3/2/26 |