Abstract
We report on a novel symmetry-breaking bifurcation in nematic liquid crystal convection in planarly aligned cells involving a homogeneous reorientation of the director. The resulting “abnormal rolls” explain a number of recent experimental observations in the nonlinear regime.
- Received 12 May 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.2367
©1997 American Physical Society
