Twisting of liquid crystals
- 11 January 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 27 (1), 59-64
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112067000047
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.Keywords
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