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NONLINEAR DYNAMICS

On the stability of the system of linear domains in planar nematics under oscillatory compression

O. A. Kapustina

N. N. Andreyev Acoustics Institute

Abstract: Stability under periodic compression strain is studied for the system of linear domains formed in the planar layer of a nematic liquid crystal due to periodic shear deformation. The critical amplitude of this oscillatory compression is found, at which this system becomes unstable and undergoes a transformation that is manifested in the formation of spatially modulated structures with various conformations.

PACS: 61.30.-v

Received: 08.11.2005

 English version: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters, 2006, 83:1, 10–13

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