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The Philosophical Magazine: A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics
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Volume 35, 1977 - Issue 4
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Cols and noeuds in a nematic liquid crystal with a homeotropic cylindrical boundary

D. Melzer Department of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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F. R. N. Nabarro Department of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Pages 907-915 | Received 21 May 1976, Accepted 10 Aug 1976, Published online: 13 Sep 2006

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Hui Zhang, Yanjun Zhang, Zhiguang Li, Zhidong Zhang & Guili Zheng. (2022) Influence of the flexoelectric effect on director alignment of nematic liquid crystals confined to the planar anchoring cylinder. Liquid Crystals 49:3, pages 327-332.
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Richard James & Jun-ichi Fukuda. (2014) Twist transition of nematic hyperbolic hedgehogs. Physical Review E 89:4.
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Shu-Hsia Chen & B. J. Liang. (1991) Stability of a hedgehog nematic configuration in a small closed cylindrical cavity. Applied Physics Letters 59:10, pages 1173-1175.
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M Kleman. (1989) Defects in liquid crystals. Reports on Progress in Physics 52:5, pages 555-654.
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