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SUMMARY:Michael Novack (The University of Texas\, Austin)
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DESCRIPTION:Title: <a href="https://researchseminars.org/talk/VCU_ALPS/2/"
 >3D smectic liquid crystals</a>\nby Michael Novack (The University of Texa
 s\, Austin) as part of VCU ALPS (Analysis\, Logic\, and Physics Seminar)\n
 \n\nAbstract\nLiquid crystals are an intermediate state of matter which fl
 ow like liquids but retain molecular ordering similar to that of crystals.
  Their physical properties make them ideal for a wide range of technologic
 al applications. The molecules in smectic liquid crystals form well-define
 d layers which slide across one another\; in fact\, this is what gives soa
 p its slippery feel. In this talk we will introduce a mathematical model f
 or smectics based on the minimization of a suitable energy and present rec
 ent results obtained jointly with Xiaodong Yan. No prior knowledge of liqu
 id crystals or the relevant mathematics will be assumed.\n
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