A tensor model for liquid crystals on a spherical surface——Dedicated to Professor Shi Zhong-Ci on t

• 作 者: CHENG Hong ZHANG PingWen
• 机 构: SchoolofMathematicalSciences
• 出 处: 中国科学：数学英文版
• 发表日期: 2013年12期
• 关键词: 分子模型 液晶相 张量 球面 生日 自由能 泰勒展开 封闭形式 liquid crystal nematic texture Bingham closure
• 基金项目: This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China （Grant Nos. 21274005 and 50930003）. The authors are grateful to Jeff Z. Y. Chen for providing this research work and his helpful

Rod-like molecules confned on a spherical surface can organize themselves into nematic liquid crystal phases.This can give rise to novel textures displayed on the surface,which has been observed in experiments.An important theoretical question is how to f