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Royal Society of Chemistry, Soft Matter, 45(17), p. 10322-10333, 2021
DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00719j
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Nematic shells: new insights in topology- and curvature-induced effects
Journal article published in 2021 by
Gaetano Napoli 
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Oleksandr V. Pylypovskyi ,
Denis D. Sheka ,
Luigi Vergori
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Oleksandr V. Pylypovskyi ,
Denis D. Sheka ,
Luigi Vergori
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Abstract
We propose a model for nematic shells where out-of-tangent-plane escapes of the director field are allowed. This uplift triggers a novel effect: curvature-induced chirality. We also study the effect of curvature on the textures of a spherical shell.