In thermotropic smectic-A liquid crystals, the strong energetic preference for constant layer spacing often results in the spontaneous formation of focal conic domains (FCDs) to resolve large distortions. Collections of many FCDs self-organize into arrangements such as 2D lattices and polygonal textures, whose packing geometries involve beautifu...
Creator:
Beller, Daniel (Brown University)
Created:
2018-01-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.
