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In this article we construct global solutions to a simplified Ericksen-Leslie system on R 3 . The constructed solutions are twisted and periodic along the x3-axis with period d " 2π L µ. Here µ ą 0 is the twist rate. d is the distance between two planes which are parallel to the x1x2 -plane. Liquid crystal material is placed in the region enclosed by these two planes. Given a well-prepared initial data, our solutions exist classically for all t P r0, 8q. However these solutions become singular at all points on the x3-axis and escape into third dimension exponentially while t Ñ 8. An optimal blow up rate is also obtained.

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