%0 Journal Article
%T Nematic Films and Radially Anisotropic Delaunay Surfaces
%A Bryan Gin-ge Chen
%A Randall D. Kamien
%J Mathematics
%D 2008
%I arXiv
%R 10.1140/epje/i2008-10441-1
%X We develop a theory of axisymmetric surfaces minimizing a combination of surface tension and nematic elastic energies which may be suitable for describing simple film and bubble shapes. As a function of the elastic constant and the applied tension on the bubbles, we find the analogues of the unduloid, sphere, and nodoid in addition to other new surfaces.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/0811.2193v1