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Nematic Liquid Crystals中的打结缺陷

Knotted Defects in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Thomas Machon, Gareth P. Alexander

摘要:

我们表明,与一个给定的打结缺陷,$L$,在一个液晶的不同的拓扑状态的数量是等于链接$L$的行列式。我们给出了这些国家的解释,演示了如何在实验中确定它们,并描述了多个结之间的物质行为和相互作用的后果。我们表明,稳定的结可以创建在一个散装的Hopf和说明的拓扑结构,通过分类一个模拟的霍普夫链接。此外,我们给出了一个拓扑启发式的决议中的缺陷粗化过程中的链交叉,这使我们能够区分拓扑类的一个给定的链接,并作出预测的缺陷交叉在液晶。

英文摘要:

We show that the number of distinct topological states associated to a given knotted defect, $L$, in a nematic liquid crystal is equal to the determinant of the link $L$. We give an interpretation of these states, demonstrate how they may be identified in experiments and describe the consequences for material behaviour and interactions between multiple knots. We show that stable knots can be created in a bulk cholesteric and illustrate the topology by classifying a simulated Hopf link. In addition we give a topological heuristic for the resolution of strand crossings in defect coarsening processes which allows us to distinguish topological classes of a given link and to make predictions about defect crossings in nematic liquid crystals.

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