A Reduced Study for Nematic Equilibria on Two-Dimensional Polygons

@article{Han2020ARS,
title={A Reduced Study for Nematic Equilibria on Two-Dimensional Polygons},
author={Yucen Han and Apala Majumdar and Lei Zhang},
journal={SIAM J. Appl. Math.},
year={2020},
volume={80},
pages={1678-1703}
}
• Published 13 October 2019
• Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics
• SIAM J. Appl. Math.
We study reduced nematic equilibria on regular two-dimensional polygons with Dirichlet tangent boundary conditions in a reduced two-dimensional Landau--de Gennes framework, discussing their relevan...

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