Colloquium: Disclination loops, point defects, and all that in nematic liquid crystals

By G. P. Alexander, B. Chen, Elisabetta A. Matsumoto, Randall D. Kamien. 2012

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Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Spectroscopy

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/81f61aaed2eccd3aeaaa0923c216971dca9abfe2

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• Topological active matter (2020, background): “Unlike in 2D, where opposite charge defects are topologically constrained to be created and annihilated in pairs, charge neutral disclination loops [6] in 3D can be nucleated on their own.”