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The Birefringent Texture of Nematic Liquid Crystals Confined to Capillary Tubes with Square Cross-Section

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Pages 379-385 | Published online: 24 Sep 2006
 

Abstract

The structure of nematic liquid crystal director fields in supramicrometer capillary tubes with square cross-section is studied using polarizing optical microscopy. Frank elastic theory is used to determine theoretical director configurations for this geometry.

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