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Liquid Crystal Defects

Liquid Crystal Defects is a topological imperfection in the ordered structure of liquid crystalline materials, distinguished by deviations in molecular orientation that disrupt the otherwise continuous alignment of the director field.

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Cosmology in the Laboratory: Defect Dynamics in Liquid Crystals

Isaac L. Chuang, Ruth Durrer, Neil Turok et al. · Science · 1991 · 706 citations · Full text

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Nonlinear theory of defects in nematic liquid crystals; Phase transition and flow phenomena

Fang‐Hua Lin · Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics · 1989 · 445 citations

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Endotoxin-Induced Structural Transformations in Liquid Crystalline Droplets

I‐Hsin Lin, Daniel S. Miller, Paul J. Bertics et al. · Science · 2011 · 408 citations

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Nanoparticles in Liquid Crystals: Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Defect Formation and Potential Applications

Torsten Hegmann, Qi Hao, Vanessa M. Marx · Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials · 2007 · 389 citations

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Defect Annihilation and Proliferation in Active Nematics

Luca Giomi, Mark J. Bowick, Xu Ma et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2013 · 352 citations · Full text

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    Ivan I. Smalyukh

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

    23 publications · 1.5K citations

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    Oleg D. Lavrentovich

    Kent State University, United States

    20 publications · 2K citations

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    Masanori Ozaki

    The University of Osaka, Japan

    21 publications · 1K citations

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    Juan Pablo

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    15 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Hideo Takezoe

    Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

    12 publications · 921 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    27 h-index

    127 publications

    5.5K citations

  2. Kent State University

    Kent, United States

    25 h-index

    78 publications

    5.8K citations

  3. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    21 h-index

    83 publications

    4.5K citations

  4. Jožef Stefan Institute

    Ljubljana, Slovenia

    19 h-index

    37 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. The University of Osaka

    Osaka, Japan

    19 h-index

    88 publications

    4.1K citations

  6. University of Ljubljana

    Ljubljana, Slovenia

    18 h-index

    40 publications

    2.7K citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    17 h-index

    60 publications

    3.8K citations

  8. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

    Daejeon, South Korea

    16 h-index

    64 publications

    4.5K citations

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 47 publications · 3.4K citations

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  2. Soft Matter

    54 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. Physical Review E

    PRE · 40 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. Liquid Crystals

    32 publications · 1.2K citations

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