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The study of solitons in liquid crystals is an important branch in the science of nonlinear physics1 1 2and in materials science. In this introductory chapter we shall present a brief description of the liquid crystal phases for those who are not familiar with liquid crystals. An elementary introduction to the science of solitons is given at the beginning of Chap. 2
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Lam, L., Prost, J. (1992). Introduction. In: Lam, L., Prost, J. (eds) Solitons in Liquid Crystals. Partially Ordered Systems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0917-1_1
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