Abstract
The structure of the core region of a screw dislocation in smectic A liquid crystals is investigated by a Ginzburg–Landau type expansion of the smectic order parameter. The core radius and the energy of a screw dislocation are discussed.
Liquid Crystals
Volume 1, 1986 - Issue 2
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