Defects and geometry in condensed matter physics

By D. Nelson. 2002

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Topological active matter (2020, background): “When viewed as effective quasiparticles, the statistical mechanics and dynamics of defects offers a dual picture to that of the conventional order parameter [12].”
Brownian motion: a paradigm of soft matter and biological physics (2005, background): “Examples of fluctuating manifolds are flexible linear and branched polymers, microemulsions, foams, liquid crystals and numerous other soft surfaces, interfaces and membranes [97,99,205–209], but also vortex matter, line liquids, magnetic domain walls and the like [210,211].”