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Frustrated nematic order in spherical geometries

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Nematic-Smectic Transition in Spherical Shells

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Nematic-Smectic Transition under Confinement in Liquid Crystalline Colloidal Shells

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Curvature control of valence on nematic shells

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Landau–de Gennes modelling of nematic liquid crystal colloids

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Defects and ordering in nematic coatings on uniaxial and biaxial colloids

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Nematic ordering and defects on the surface of a sphere: A Monte Carlo simulation study

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Topological Defects in Spherical Nematics

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Controlling Surface Defect Valence in Colloids

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