Summary ● Topology: Getting Energies from Boundary
Conditions ● Geometry: Controls Topological Defects ● Closed Form Expressions Enable Estimates of
Energies ● Control of Global Topology ● Unified Approach to Three-Dimensional
Assembly of Layered Structures
Plenary Talk at The 2006 International Liquid Crystal Conference, Keystone, CO. -2
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