The elastic energy of topological points defects and strings connecting pairs of defects is discussed for the geometry of hybrid aligned nematic film with horizontally degenerated boundary conditions. Experimental determination of their structure enables to reach an estimation of the saddle-splay elastic constant.
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Oleg D. Lavrentovich (1991) studied this question.
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