Nematic Liquid Crystal Locking Menisci

Figure 1

(a) Geometry in the case of the concave meniscus, where the radius of curvature 𝜌_∪(𝜉) is expressed with the local coordinate 𝜉 and the center of meniscus 𝜑_∪(𝜉). (b) The geometry of the convex case. (c) The orthogonal coordinate system grid for the concave case.

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