Compared to isotropic liquids, orientational order of nematic liquid crystals makes their
rheological properties more involved, and thus requires fine control of the flow parameters to …

Extrusion is an essential element in the production of nematic soft solids, ensuring that the
final formulation is sufficiently refined and compacted. The interplay between complex …

Liquid crystals establish a nearly unique combination of thermodynamic, hydrodynamic, and
topological behavior. This poses a challenge to their theoretical understanding and …

During the processing of nematic soft solids through process flow elements (pipe bends,
elbows, etc.), the constitutive behavior makes its presence felt via processing (with rheology …

This work characterizes the orientation behavior of nematic liquid crystals in pressure-driven
flows of microfluidic channels at interfaces between the flow and microchannel walls. The …

We observe novel positional control of a colloidal particle in microchannel flow of a nematic
liquid crystal. Lattice Boltzmann simulations show multiple equilibrium particle positions, the …

Capillary microflows of liquid crystal phases are central to material, biological and bio-
inspired systems. Despite their fundamental and applied significance, a detailed …

The use of nematics in microfluidic devices offers methods of flow control that are
inaccessible to isotropic fluids. While nematics have been used in channel flows found in lab …

Liquid crystalline media mediate interactions between suspended particles and confining
geometries, which not only has potential to guide patterning and bottom-up colloidal …

We investigate, using experiments and numerical simulations, the distortions and the
alignment of skyrmions in liquid crystal under external flows for a range of average flow …