Geometry of the Cholesteric Phase
We propose a construction of a cholesteric pitch axis for an arbitrary nematic director field as an eigenvalue problem. Our definition leads to a Frenet-Serret description of an orthonormal triad determined by this axis, the director, and the mutually perpendicular direction. With this tool, we are...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Physical Review X |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.031050 |