Interaction between a disclination and a uniaxial-isotropic phase interface in a nematic liquid crystal

Effect of the anisotropic part, governed by ϵ, of the interfacial free-energy density ψ on the shape of a uniaxial-isotropic phase interface next to a disclination of strength +12: ψ=γ0(1+ϵ(m⋅n)2).