[BOOK][B] Nematic and cholesteric liquid crystals: concepts and physical properties illustrated by experiments

P Oswald, P Pieranski - 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
Liquid crystals allow us to perform experiments that provide insight into fundamental
problems of modern physics, such as phase transitions, frustration, elasticity …

From patterns to function in living systems: Dryland ecosystems as a case study

E Meron - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Spatial patterns are ubiquitous in animate matter. Besides their intricate structure and beauty
they generally play functional roles. The capacity of living systems to remain functional in …

Localized structures in dissipative media: from optics to plant ecology

M Tlidi, K Staliunas, K Panajotov… - … of the Royal …, 2014 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Localized structures (LSs) in dissipative media appear in various fields of natural science
such as biology, chemistry, plant ecology, optics and laser physics. The proposal for this …

Localized patterns and fronts in nonequilibrium systems

P Coullet - International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 2002 - World Scientific
LOCALIZED PATTERNS AND FRONTS IN NONEQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS Page 1
International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Vol. 12, No. 11 (2002) 2445–2457 c World …

Tunable high-resolution macroscopic self-engineered geometric phase optical elements

E Brasselet - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Artificially engineered geometric phase optical elements may have tunable photonic
functionalities owing to their sensitivity to external fields, as is the case for liquid crystal …

Experimental survey of spiral dynamics in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction

AL Belmonte, Q Ouyang… - … de Physique II, 1997 - jp2.journaldephysique.org
We present a systematic study of spiral waves in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction in a
spatial open reactor, where the concentrations of sulfuric acid, sodium bromate, and malonic …

Nematic and cholesteric liquid crystal structures in cells with tangential-conical boundary conditions

MN Krakhalev, RG Bikbaev, VS Sutormin, IV Timofeev… - Crystals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Orientational structures formed in nematic and cholesteric layers with tangential-conical
boundary conditions have been investigated. LC cells with one substrate specifying the …

Generation of umbilics by magnets and flows

P Pieranski, B Yang, LJ Burtz, A Camu… - Liquid Crystals, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Umbilics in a nematic layer can be seen as topological defects of a complex order
parameter. Being analogous to vortex lines in superfluids or superconductors, they are much …

Running and Tumbling Localized Structures: A Non-Brownian Motion

FR Humire, K Alfaro-Bittner, MG Clerc, RG Rojas - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Macroscopic systems present particle-type solutions. Spontaneous symmetry-breaking can
cause these solutions to travel in different directions, and the inclusion of random …

Universal criterion and amplitude equation for a nonequilibrium Ising-Bloch transition

D Michaelis, U Peschel, F Lederer, DV Skryabin… - Physical Review E, 2001 - APS
We identify a universal criterion for the onset of a nonequilibrium Ising-Bloch (NIB) transition,
and describe the behavior near the bifurcation by a generic amplitude equation. We found …