Geodesic
Equilibrium confocal textures in a smetic-A cell
Atti della Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e applicazioni, Série 9, Tome 6 (1995) no. 1, pp. 65-72

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We study the textures of smectic-A liquid crystals consisting in curved, but stricdy equidistant lamellae. Assuming translational symmetry, we can generate them from a single curve. The free energy is a non-trivial functional of it. We learn how to derive the equilibrium equation for this curve, when the texture is confined between two parallel plates, which exert a weak anchoring on the orientation of the lamellae, but do not interfere direcdy with their position. Finally, we describe an instability that may arise in the cell when the anchoring conditions on the two plates are antagonistic. 
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Virga, Epifanio G.; Fournier, Jean-Baptiste. Equilibrium confocal textures in a smetic-A cell. Atti della Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti Lincei. Matematica e applicazioni, Série 9, Tome 6 (1995) no. 1, pp. 65-72. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/RLIN_1995_9_6_1_a7/