title: Nematic films and radially anisotropic Delaunay surfaces.
abstract: We develop a theory of axisymmetric surfaces minimizing a combination of surface tension and nematic elastic energies which may be suitable for describing simple film and bubble shapes. As a function of the elastic constant and the applied tension on the bubbles, we find the analogues of the unduloid, sphere, and nodoid in addition to other new surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6396, USA.
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Kamien