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The smectic order of wrinkles

Authors :
Hillel Aharoni
Desislava V. Todorova
Octavio Albarrán
Lucas Goehring
Randall D. Kamien
Eleni Katifori
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

A thin elastic sheet can develop wrinkles which arrange into patterns similar to those characteristic of liquid crystals. Here the authors use this analogy to propose a mapping between the elastic sheet problem and the smectic liquid crystal problem which can enable a better understanding of wrinkling.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.0f9f80d9ba094246a766ad2f8a20456c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15809