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2024

Majumdar, Apala and Han, Yucen and Lagerwall, Jan P.F. and Walba, David M and Sharma, Anjali and Margini, Mitchell (2024) How smectic-A and smectic-C liquid crystals resolve confinement-induced frustration in spherical shells. Soft Matter. ISSN 1744-6848

Han, Yucen and Lagerwall, Jan and Majumdar, Apala (2024) Topological defects as nucleation points of the nematic-isotropic phase transition in liquid crystal shells. Physical Review E, 109 (6). 064702. ISSN 2470-0053

Shi, Baoming and Han, Yucen and Majumdar, Apala and Zhang, Lei (2024) Multistability for nematic liquid crystals in cuboids with degenerate planar boundary conditions. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 84 (2). pp. 756-781. ISSN 1095-712X

McLauchlan, Sophie and Han, Yucen and Langer, Matthias and Majumdar, Apala (2024) The radial hedgehog solution in the Landau–de Gennes theory : effects of the bulk potentials. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 459. 134019. ISSN 0167-2789

Ma, Xu and Han, Yucen and Zhang, Yan-Song and Geng, Yong and Majumdar, Apala and Lagerwall, Jan P. F. (2024) Tunable templating of photonic microparticles via liquid crystal order-guided adsorption of amphiphilic polymers in emulsions. Nature Communications, 15 (1). 1404. ISSN 2041-1723

Dalby, James Luke and Majumdar, Apala and Wu, Yue and Dond, Asha Kisan (2024) Stochastic effects on solution landscapes for nematic liquid crystals. Liquid Crystals, 51 (2). pp. 276-296. ISSN 0267-8292

2023

Dalby, James and Han, Yucen and Majumdar, Apala and Mrad, Lidia (2023) A multi-faceted study of nematic order reconstruction in microfluidic channels. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 83 (6). pp. 2284-2309. ISSN 1095-712X

Han, Yucen and Shi, Baoming and Zhang, Lei and Majumdar, Apala (2023) A reduced Landau-de Gennes study for nematic equilibria in three-dimensional prisms. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 88 (5). pp. 645-676. ISSN 1464-3634

Canevari, Giacomo and Majumdar, Apala and Stroffolini, Bianca and Wang, Yiwei (2023) Two-dimensional ferronematics, canonical harmonic maps and minimal connections. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 247. 110. ISSN 1432-0673

Maity, Ruma Rani and Majumdar, Apala and Nataraj, Neela (2023) A priori and a posteriori error analysis for semilinear problems in liquid crystals. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis, 57 (6). pp. 3201-3250. ISSN 0764-583X

Shi, Baoming and Han, Yucen and Yin, Jianyuan and Majumdar, Apala and Zhang, Lei (2023) Hierarchies of critical points of a Landau-de Gennes free energy on three-dimensional cuboids. Nonlinearity, 36 (5). pp. 2631-2654. ISSN 0951-7715

Liang, Zhilei and Majumdar, Apala and Wang, Dehua and Wang, Yixuan (2023) Weak solutions to the equations of stationary compressible flows in active liquid crystals. Communications in Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 2023 (2). pp. 70-114. ISSN 2790-1920

Han, Yucen and Majumdar, Apala (2023) Multistability for a reduced nematic liquid crystal model in the exterior of 2D polygons. Journal of Nonlinear Science, 33 (2). 24. ISSN 1432-1467

2022

Han, Yucen and Dalby, James and Majumdar, Apala and Carter, Benjamin M. G. D. and Machon, Thomas (2022) Uniaxial versus biaxial pathways in one-dimensional cholesteric liquid crystals. Physical Review Research, 4 (3). L032018. ISSN 2643-1564

Han, Yucen and Harris, Joseph and Majumdar, Apala and Zhang, Lei (2022) Elastic anisotropy in the reduced Landau-de Gennes model. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 478 (2261). ISSN 1471-2962

Dalby, James and Farrell, Patrick E. and Majumdar, Apala and Xia, Jingmin (2022) One-dimensional ferronematics in a channel : order reconstruction, bifurcations, and multistability. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 82 (2). pp. 694-719. ISSN 1095-712X

2021

Maity, Ruma Rani and Majumdar, Apala and Nataraj, Neela (2021) Parameter dependent finite element analysis for ferronematics solutions. Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 103. pp. 127-155. ISSN 0898-1221

Han, Yucen and Yin, Jianyuan and Hu, Yucheng and Majumdar, Apala and Zhang, Lei (2021) Solution landscapes of the simplified Ericksen--Leslie model and its comparison with the reduced Landau--de Gennes model. Proceedings of the Royal Society Part A - Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 477 (2253). 20210458. ISSN 1471-2962

Patranabish, Sourav and Wang, Yiwei and Sinha, Aloka and Majumdar, Apala (2021) Quantum-dots-dispersed bent-core nematic liquid crystal and cybotactic clusters : experimental and theoretical insights. Physical Review E, 103 (5). 052703. ISSN 2470-0053

Han, Yucen and Harris, Joseph and Majumdar, Apala and Walton, Joshua (2021) Tailored nematic and magnetization profiles on two-dimensional polygons. Physical Review E, 103 (5). 052702. ISSN 2470-0053

Maity, Ruma Rani and Majumdar, Apala and Nataraj, Neela (2021) Discontinuous Galerkin finite element methods for the Landau-de Gennes minimization problem of liquid crystals. IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis, 41 (2). 1130–1163. ISSN 0272-4979

Han, Yucen and Yin, Jianyuan and Zhang, Pingwen and Majumdar, Apala and Zhang, Lei (2021) Solution landscape of a reduced Landau-de Gennes model on a hexagon. Nonlinearity, 34 (4). 2048–2069. ISSN 0951-7715

2020

Maity, Ruma Rani and Majumdar, Apala and Nataraj, Neela (2020) Error analysis of Nitsche's and discontinuous Galerkin methods of a reduced Landau-de Gennes problem. Computational Methods in Applied Mathematics, 21 (1). 179–209. ISSN 1609-9389

Noh, JungHyun and Wang, Yiwei and Liang, Hsin-Ling and Rao Jampani, Venkata Subba and Majumdar, Apala and Lagerwall, Jan P.F. (2020) Dynamic tuning of the director field in liquid crystal shells using block copolymers. Physical Review Research. 033160. ISSN 2643-1564

Han, Yucen and Majumdar, Apala and Zhang, Lei (2020) A reduced study for nematic equilibria on two-dimensional polygons. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 80 (4). pp. 1678-1703. ISSN 1095-712X

Fang, Lidong and Majumdar, Apala and Zhang, Lei (2020) Surface, size and topological effects for some nematic equilibria on rectangular domains. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 25 (5). pp. 1101-1123. ISSN 1081-2865

Canevari, Giacomo and Harris, Joseph and Majumdar, Apala and Wang, Yiwei (2020) The Well Order Reconstruction Solution for three dimensional wells in the Landau-de Gennes theory. International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, 119. 103342.

Bisht, Konark and Wang, Yiwei and Banerjee, Varsha and Majumdar, Apala (2020) Tailored morphologies in two-dimensional ferronematic wells. Physical Review E, 101 (2). 022706. ISSN 2470-0053

2019

Canevari, Giacomo and Majumdar, Apala and Stroffolini, Bianca (2019) Minimizers of a Landau-de Gennes energy with a subquadratic elastic energy. Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 233 (3). 1169–1210. ISSN 1432-0673

Wang, Yiwei and Canevari, Giacomo and Majumdar, Apala (2019) Order reconstruction for nematics on squares with isotropic inclusions : a Landau-De Gennes study. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 79 (4). pp. 1314-1340. ISSN 1095-712X

Bisht, Konark and Banerjee, Varsha and Milewski, Paul and Majumdar, Apala (2019) Magnetic nanoparticles in a nematic channel : a one-dimensional study. Physical Review E, 100 (1). 012703. ISSN 2470-0053

Patranabish, Sourav and Wang, Yiwei and Sinha, Aloka and Majumdar, Apala (2019) One-dimensional theoretical analysis of coupling and confinement effects on the cybotactic clusters of bent-core nematic liquid crystals. Physical Review E, 99 (1). 012703. ISSN 2470-0053

2018

Mondal, Sourav and Majumdar, Apala and Griffiths, Ian M. (2018) Nematohydrodynamics for colloidal self-assembly and transport phenomena. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 528. pp. 431-442. ISSN 0021-9797

Majumdar, Apala and Wang, Yiwei (2018) Remarks on uniaxial solutions in the Landau–de Gennes theory. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 464 (1). pp. 328-353. ISSN 0022-247X

Chen, Gui Qiang G. and Majumdar, Apala and Wang, Dehua and Zhang, Rongfang (2018) Global weak solutions for the compressible active liquid crystal system. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (SIMA), 50 (4). 3632–3675.

Mondal, Sourav and Griffiths, Ian M. and Charlet, Florian and Majumdar, Apala (2018) Flow and nematic director profiles in a microfluidic channel : the interplay of nematic material constants and backflow. Fluids, 3 (2).

2017

Lewis, A. H. and Aarts, D. G. A. L. and Howell, P. D. and Majumdar, A. (2017) Revisiting the two-dimensional defect-free azimuthal nematic equilibrium on an annulus. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 77 (6). 1851–1875. ISSN 1095-712X

Crespo, M. and Majumdar, A. and Ramos, A.M. and Griffiths, I.M. (2017) Solution landscapes in nematic microfluidics. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 351-352. pp. 1-13. ISSN 0167-2789

Chen, Gui-Qiang and Majumdar, Apala and Wang, Dehua and Zhang, Rongfang (2017) Global existence and regularity of solutions for active liquid crystals. Journal of Differential Equations, 263 (1). pp. 202-239. ISSN 0022-0396

Lewis, A. H. and Aarts, D. G. A. L. and Howell, P. D. and Majumdar, A. (2017) Nematic equilibria on a two-dimensional annulus. Studies in Applied Mathematics, 138 (4). pp. 438-466. ISSN 0022-2526

Henao, Duvan and Majumdar, Apala and Pisante, Adriano (2017) Uniaxial versus biaxial character of nematic equilibria in three dimensions. Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations, 56. 55. ISSN 1432-0835

Canevari, Giacomo and Majumdar, Apala and Spicer, Amy (2017) Order reconstruction for nematics on squares and hexagons : a Landau-de Gennes study. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 77 (1). 267–293. ISSN 1095-712X

Robinson, Martin and Luo, Chong and Farrell, Patrick E. and Erban, Radek and Majumdar, Apala (2017) From molecular to continuum modelling of bistable liquid crystal devices. Liquid Crystals, 44 (14-15). pp. 2267-2284. ISSN 0267-8292

2016

Majumdar, Apala and Lewis, Alexander (2016) Multistable nematic wells : modelling perspectives, recent results and new directions. Liquid Crystals, 43 (13-15). ISSN 0267-8292

Majumdar, Apala and Milewski, Paul A. and Spicer, Amy (2016) Front propagation at the nematic-isotropic transition temperature. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 76 (4). 1296–1320. ISSN 1095-712X

Canevari, Giacomo and Ramaswamy, Mythily and Majumdar, Apala (2016) Radial symmetry on three-dimensional shells in the Landau-de Gennes theory. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 314. pp. 18-34. ISSN 0167-2789

2014

Majumdar, Apala and Raisch, Alexander (2014) Stability of twisted rods, helices and buckling solutions in three dimensions. Nonlinearity, 27 (12). pp. 2841-2867. ISSN 0951-7715

Lewis, Alexander H. and Garlea, Ioana and Alvarado, José and Dammone, Oliver J. and Howell, Peter D. and Majumdar, Apala and Mulder, Bela M. and Lettinga, M. P. and Koenderink, Gijsje H. and Aarts, Dirk G. A. L. (2014) Colloidal liquid crystals in rectangular confinement : theory and experiment. Soft Matter, 10 (39). ISSN 1744-6848

Raisch, A. and Majumdar, A. (2014) Order reconstruction phenomena and temperature-driven dynamics in a 3D zenithally bistable device. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 107.

2012

Luo, Chuong and Majumdar, Apala and Erban, Radek (2012) Multistability in planar liquid crystal wells. Physical Review E. 061702. ISSN 2470-0053

Giomi, L and Bowick, M J and Ma, X. and Majumdar, A. (2012) Molecular tilt on monolayer-protected nanoparticles. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 97 (3).

2011

Peppin, Stephen and Majumdar, Apala and Style, Robert and Sander, Graham (2011) Frost heave in colloidal soils. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 71 (5). 1717–1732. ISSN 1095-712X

2007

Majumdar, Apala and Newton, C. J. P. and Robbins, J. M. and Zyskin, M. (2007) Topology and bistability in liquid crystal devices. Physical Review E, 75 (5). 051703. ISSN 2470-0053