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Topological solitons, cholesteric fingers and singular defect lines in Janus liquid crystal shells

Published:2020 Issue:11 Volume:16 Page:2669-2682
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Durey Guillaume¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID,Sohn Hayley R. O.⁶⁷⁸⁹,Ackerman Paul J.¹⁰¹¹⁷⁸⁹,Brasselet Etienne¹²¹³¹⁴¹⁵¹⁶,Smalyukh Ivan I.⁶⁷⁸⁹¹⁰^ORCID,Lopez-Leon Teresa¹²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratoire Gulliver

2. UMR CNRS 7083

3. ESPCI Paris

4. Université PSL

5. 75005 Paris

6. Soft Materials Research Center and Materials Science and Engineering Program

7. University of Colorado

8. Boulder

9. USA

10. Department of Physics and Department of Electrical

11. Computer and Energy Engineering

12. Univ. Bordeaux

13. CNRS

14. LOMA

15. UMR 5798

16. F-33400 Talence

Abstract

We demonstrate the formation of topological solitons, cholesteric fingers and singular defect lines in liquid crystal shells with a Janus nature, featuring both twisted and untwisted domains, and study dynamical transitions between these structures.

Funder

Division of Graduate Education

Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Division of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

Division of Materials Research

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2020/SM/C9SM02033K

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