Nature‐inspired emerging chiral liquid crystal nanostructures: from molecular self‐assembly to DNA mesophase and nanocolloids
Liquid crystals (LCs) are omnipresent in living matter, whose chirality is an elegant and
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …
Knots and other new topological effects in liquid crystals and colloids
II Smalyukh - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Humankind has been obsessed with knots in religion, culture and daily life for millennia,
while physicists like Gauss, Kelvin and Maxwell already involved them in models centuries …
while physicists like Gauss, Kelvin and Maxwell already involved them in models centuries …
Liquid crystal colloids
II Smalyukh - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Colloids are abundant in nature, science, and technology, with examples ranging from milk
to quantum dots and the colloidal atom paradigm. Similarly, liquid crystal ordering is …
to quantum dots and the colloidal atom paradigm. Similarly, liquid crystal ordering is …
Ordering nano-and microparticles assemblies with liquid crystals
C Blanc, D Coursault, E Lacaze - Liquid Crystals Reviews, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Besides nanostructured materials, individual particles are key elements for nanosciences.
The structuring properties of liquid crystals (LCs) are appealing to assemble them, to …
The structuring properties of liquid crystals (LCs) are appealing to assemble them, to …
Creation and manipulation of topological states in chiral nematic microspheres
T Orlova, SJ Aßhoff, T Yamaguchi, N Katsonis… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Topology is a universal concept that is encountered in daily life and is known to determine
many static and dynamical properties of matter. Taming and controlling the topology of …
many static and dynamical properties of matter. Taming and controlling the topology of …
Topological zoo of free-standing knots in confined chiral nematic fluids
Knotted fields are an emerging research topic relevant to different areas of physics where
topology plays a crucial role. Recent realization of knotted nematic disclinations stabilized …
topology plays a crucial role. Recent realization of knotted nematic disclinations stabilized …
Topologically stable magnetization states on a spherical shell: Curvature-stabilized skyrmions
Topologically stable structures include vortices in a wide variety of matter, skyrmions in ferro-
and antiferromagnets, and hedgehog point defects in liquid crystals and ferromagnets …
and antiferromagnets, and hedgehog point defects in liquid crystals and ferromagnets …
Points, skyrmions and torons in chiral nematic droplets
Chiral nematic droplets with perpendicular surface alignment of liquid crystalline molecules
frustrate the helical structure into convoluted 3D textures with complex topology. We observe …
frustrate the helical structure into convoluted 3D textures with complex topology. We observe …
Strong and selective anion binding within the central cavity of molecular knots and links
A molecular pentafoil knot and doubly and triply entwined [2] catenanes based on circular
Fe (II) double helicate scaffolds bind halide anions in their central cavities through …
Fe (II) double helicate scaffolds bind halide anions in their central cavities through …
Knots and nonorientable surfaces in chiral nematics
T Machon, GP Alexander - Proceedings of the National …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Knots and knotted fields enrich physical phenomena ranging from DNA and molecular
chemistry to the vortices of fluid flows and textures of ordered media. Liquid crystals provide …
chemistry to the vortices of fluid flows and textures of ordered media. Liquid crystals provide …