Publication Date:
2016-03-26
Description:
Author(s): Yimin Luo, Francesca Serra, Daniel A. Beller, Mohamed A. Gharbi, Ningwei Li, Shu Yang, Randall D. Kamien, and Kathleen J. Stebe We study colloids suspended in nematic liquid crystal in grooves with homeotropic anchoring. We observe “eyelashes”, topological dipole chains that follow the local, curved director field. These beget wires that connect the groove corners to topographical features on the cell lid to yield oriented, … [Phys. Rev. E 93, 032705] Published Fri Mar 25, 2016
Keywords:
Liquid Crystals
Print ISSN:
1539-3755
Electronic ISSN:
1550-2376
Topics:
Physics
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