Scaling in 2-d Distribution of Topological Defects in a Liquid Crystal

• Authors: M. Massalska-Arodź
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Distribution of the topological point defects observed microscopically by Nagaya, Hotta, Orihira and Ishibashi in Schlieren texture of N-(4-n-methoxy benzylidene) 4'-n'-butylaniline has been analyzed. The same fractal dimensionality D_{f}=1.4 has been estimated for several sets of defects obtained in subsequent stages of evolution of the nematic sample after the transition from the isotropic liquid phase.

Keywords

EN

61.30.Jf; 61.43.Hv; 64.70.Md

Discipline

• 61.43.Hv: Fractals; macroscopic aggregates (including diffusion-limited aggregates)
• 61.30.Jf: Defects in liquid crystals

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1998
• Volume: 94
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 41-47

Dates

published

1998-07

received

1998-06-23

Contributors

author

M. Massalska-Arodź

• H. Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.94.41