SOLITONS AND PATTERN-FORMATION IN LIQUID-CRYSTALS IN A ROTATING MAGNETIC-FIELD

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MIGLER, KB
MEYER, RB
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[1] The Martin Fisher School of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1485
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have discovered novel nonlinear dissipative dynamic patterns in nematic liquid crystals under the influence of a continuously rotating magnetic field. We present a state diagram of the soliton structures as a function of field and rotation rate and discuss physical models describing their growth and propagation and transitions.
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页码:1485 / 1488
页数:4
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