%0 Journal Article
%T Smectic Shells
%+ Laboratoire Charles Coulomb (L2C)
%+ Georgia Institute of Technology [Atlanta]
%A Lopez-Leon, Teresa
%A Fernandez-Nieves, Alberto
%A Nobili, Maurizio
%A Blanc, Christophe
%< avec comité de lecture
%Z L2C:12-097
%@ 0953-8984
%J Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
%I IOP Publishing
%V 24
%P 284122
%8 2012-06-26
%D 2012
%R 10.1088/0953-8984/24/28/284122
%K Emulsion
%K Liquid crystals
%Z Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Soft Condensed Matter [cond-mat.soft]Journal articles
%X Confining a smectic liquid crystal between two spherical surfaces results in the formation of a complex defect structure characterized by a set of curvature walls that divide the sphere into crescent domains, causing the undulation of the smectic layers. In this paper, we examine in detail these smectic textures and discuss the various possible origins of the observed patterns.
%G English
%L hal-00713321
%U https://hal.science/hal-00713321
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%~ L2C
%~ MIPS
%~ UNIV-MONTPELLIER
%~ UM-2015-2021