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Interaction of spherical colloidal particles in nematic media with degenerate planar anchoring
The interaction between two spherical colloidal particles with degenerate planar anchoring in a nematic media is studied by numerically minimizing the bulk Landau–de Gennes and surface energy using a finite element method. We find that the energy achieves its global minimum when the particles are in close contact and forming …