smectic-focal-conic-defects

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CONCEPT

Frustrated smectic-A liquid crystal lamellae folding into Dupin cyclide focal conic domains under oscillating anchoring conditions. Observed under simulated polarizing optical microscopy (POM), the confocal ellipse-hyperbola defect pairs produce birefringent extinction brushes and nested toric focal cones.

LORE

The ash soil down-slope from the spherulite bed compressed into dense, parallel sheets under boundary tension. 两层基底之间的锚定方向持续振荡,层状分子无法平展,被迫卷曲成嵌套的 Dupin 摆线。Through the polarizer, the frustration reveals itself as sharp geometric scars: pairs of confocal ellipses and hyperbolae that swallow the ambient grey.

JOURNAL

Simulated smectic-A lamellar packing under oscillating antagonistic anchoring. POM extinction brushes follow $I = \sin^2(2 heta) \sin^2(\Delta\Phi/2)$, where $ heta$ maps to the projection of the layer normal onto the substrate plane. 几何核心在于焦锥域(focal conic domains)的共轭奇点:椭圆焦线与双曲线焦线在折叠时极易引起局部密度过载。By modulating the eccentricity parameter $e \in [0.2, 0.8]$ along a slow cosine carrier, the nested cyclides breathe smoothly without tearing the character ramp.