Line Defects in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Large Winding Number

Title

Line Defects in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Large Winding Number

Subject

Physics

Creator

James Rampton

Date

2024

Contributor

Gareth Alexander

Abstract

Removal of line defects with winding number larger than 1 in cholesteric liquid crystals can lead to some interesting arrangements of different characterisations of areas within the liquid crystal.

Meta Tags

liquid crystals, cholesterics, physics, soft matter, line defects, contact topology, optically anisotropic materials

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Citation

James Rampton, “Line Defects in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals with Large Winding Number,” URSS SHOWCASE, accessed November 22, 2024, https://urss.warwick.ac.uk/items/show/659.