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NOV 01, 1982

DOI: 10.1063/1.2914832

Physics Today

May 1982, page 28—center column, three lines above “Smectic phases”: “thin films” should be “defects.”

page 28—third column, lines following equation 2 should read: “where the nematic free energy densityφN is given by φN = 1/2[K1(∇⋅n̂)2+K2(n̂⋅∇)2+K3(n̂×∇×n̂)2]

page 29—center column, 23 lines up from bottom, should read: “r−η

page 31—left column, last paragraph should read “.…vivid examples in three dimensions of ideas that arose in lower dimensions; one of the most exciting advances…”

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Volume 35, Number 11

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