Curvature potentials for defects on nematic shells
Duration: 51 mins 29 secs
Share this media item:
Embed this media item:
Embed this media item:
About this item
| Description: |
Virga, E (Università degli Studi di Pavia)
Wednesday 26 June 2013, 11:45-12:30 |
|---|
| Created: | 2013-07-01 08:59 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | The Mathematics of Liquid Crystals |
| Publisher: | Isaac Newton Institute |
| Copyright: | Virga, E |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Abstract: | Nematic shells are thin films of nematic liquid crystal deposited on rigid colloidal particles, which can be manufactured in different shapes and guises. The two-dimensional order tensor that describes the local organization of liquid crystal molecules, which tend to lie parallel to the colloids' surface, vanishes whenever no orientation is prevailing on average. The points where this takes place are called defect, as they lack order. The lectuer will review recent work concerned with the interaction between defects and the underlying surface. In particular, arguments will be offered that identify appropiate geometric potentials, depending on the shell's curvatures, which either promote or hamper defects, attract or repel them. |
|---|---|
Available Formats
| Format | Quality | Bitrate | Size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPEG-4 Video | 640x360 | 1.07 Mbits/sec | 416.76 MB | View | Download | |
| WebM | 640x360 | 442.01 kbits/sec | 166.73 MB | View | Download | |
| iPod Video | 480x270 | 519.19 kbits/sec | 195.77 MB | View | Download | |
| MP3 | 44100 Hz | 249.75 kbits/sec | 94.30 MB | Listen | Download | |
| Auto * | (Allows browser to choose a format it supports) | |||||