# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

April  2013, 33(4): 1499-1511. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.1499

## Partial regularity of minimum energy configurations in ferroelectric liquid crystals

 1 Department of Mathematics, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seadaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, South Korea 2 Department of Mathematics, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Gung-Dong Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea

Received  July 2011 Revised  September 2012 Published  October 2012

Considered here is a system of smectic liquid crystals possessing polarizations described by the Oseen-Frank and Chen-Lubensky energies. We establish partial regularity of minimizers for the governing energy functional using the idea of $(c,\beta)$-almost minimizer introduced in [9].
Citation: Kyungkeun Kang, Jinhae Park. Partial regularity of minimum energy configurations in ferroelectric liquid crystals. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2013, 33 (4) : 1499-1511. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.1499
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