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In 1989 Ericksen proposed a new theory to model defects in liquid crystals. In this paper I give an account of a few problems that have been solved in the light of Ericksen’s new theory.
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Virga, E.G. (1991). Defects in Nematic Liquid Crystals with Variable Degree of Orientation. In: Coron, JM., Ghidaglia, JM., Hélein, F. (eds) Nematics. NATO ASI Series, vol 332. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3428-6_27
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