Nematic Films and Radially Anisotropic Delaunay Surfaces
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-03-10 v1 Differential Geometry
Abstract
We develop a theory of axisymmetric surfaces minimizing a combination of surface tension and nematic elastic energies which may be suitable for describing simple film and bubble shapes. As a function of the elastic constant and the applied tension on the bubbles, we find the analogues of the unduloid, sphere, and nodoid in addition to other new surfaces.
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@article{arxiv.0811.2193,
title = {Nematic Films and Radially Anisotropic Delaunay Surfaces},
author = {Bryan Gin-ge Chen and Randall D. Kamien},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.2193},
year = {2009}
}
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15 pages, 18 figures