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Equilibrium of fluid membranes endowed with orientational order (2017)
Journal Article
Kumar Alageshan, J., Chakrabarti, B., & Hatwalne, Y. (2017). Equilibrium of fluid membranes endowed with orientational order. Physical Review E, 95(4), Article 042806. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.95.042806

Minimization of the low-temperature elastic free-energy functional of orientationlly ordered membranes involves independent variation of the membrane-shape, while keeping the orientational order on it (its texture) fixed. We propose an operational, c... Read More about Equilibrium of fluid membranes endowed with orientational order.

Elasticity of smectic liquid crystals with in-plane orientational order and dispiration asymmetry (2017)
Journal Article
Alageshan, J. K., Chakrabarti, B., & Hatwalne, Y. (2017). Elasticity of smectic liquid crystals with in-plane orientational order and dispiration asymmetry. Physical Review E, 95(2), Article 022701. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.95.022701

The Nelson-Peliti formulation of the elasticity theory of isolated fluid membranes with orientational order emphasizes the interplay between geometry, topology, and thermal fluctuations. Fluid layers of lamellar liquid crystals such as smectic-C, hex... Read More about Elasticity of smectic liquid crystals with in-plane orientational order and dispiration asymmetry.