Energetics of point defects in the two-dimensional Wigner crystal

1991 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 623-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Cockayne ◽  
Veit Elser
Author(s):  
Andrey A. Kistanov ◽  
Vladimir R. Nikitenko ◽  
Oleg V. Prezhdo

1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 680-685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander B. Dzyubenko ◽  
Yuri E. Lozovik

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 1101-1123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidong Fang ◽  
Apala Majumdar ◽  
Lei Zhang

We study nematic equilibria on rectangular domains, in a reduced two-dimensional Landau–de Gennes framework. These reduced equilibria carry over to the three-dimensional framework at a special temperature. There is one essential model variable, [Formula: see text], which is a geometry-dependent and material-dependent variable. We compute the limiting profiles exactly in two distinguished limits: the [Formula: see text] 0 limit relevant for macroscopic domains and the [Formula: see text] limit relevant for nanoscale domains. The limiting profile has line defects near the shorter edges in the [Formula: see text] limit, whereas we observe fractional point defects in the [Formula: see text] 0 limit. The analytical studies are complemented by some bifurcation diagrams for these reduced equilibria as a function of [Formula: see text] and the rectangular aspect ratio. We also introduce the concept of ‘non-trivial’ topologies and study the relaxation of non-trivial topologies to trivial topologies mediated via point and line defects, with potential consequences for non-equilibrium phenomena and switching dynamics.


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Christoph Dellago

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Author(s):  
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A. V. Krasheninnikov ◽  
U. Kaiser ◽  
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1992 ◽  
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Christoph Dellago

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