Light-driven dynamic Archimedes spirals and periodic oscillatory patterns of topological solitons in anisotropic soft matter

Martinez, Angel; Smalyukh, Ivan I.

doi:10.1364/OE.23.004591

Title: Light-driven dynamic Archimedes spirals and periodic oscillatory patterns of topological solitons in anisotropic soft matter

Journal Article · Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2015 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.004591· OSTI ID:1220725

Martinez, Angel ^[1]; Smalyukh, Ivan I. ^[2]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Liquid Crystal Materials Research Center; Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Dept. of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program; National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States) and Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Inst.

Oscillatory and excitable systems very commonly exhibit formation of dynamic non-equilibrium patterns. For example, rotating spiral patterns are observed in biological, chemical, and physical systems ranging from organization of slime mold cells to Belousov-Zhabotinsky reactions, and to crystal growth from nuclei with screw dislocations. Here we describe spontaneous formation of spiral waves and a large variety of other dynamic patterns in anisotropic soft matter driven by low-intensity light. The unstructured ambient or microscope light illumination of thin liquid crystal films in contact with a self-assembled azobenzene monolayer causes spontaneous formation, rich spatial organization, and dynamics of twisted domains and topological solitons accompanied by the dynamic patterning of azobenzene group orientations within the monolayer. Linearly polarized incident light interacts with the twisted liquid crystalline domains, mimicking their dynamics and yielding patterns in the polarization state of transmitted light, which can be transformed to similar dynamic patterns in its intensity and interference color. This shows that the delicate light-soft-matter interaction can yield complex self-patterning of both. Finally, we uncover underpinning physical mechanisms and discuss potential uses.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: DGE-0801680; ER46921

OSTI ID:: 1220725

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA-5900-64056

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Vol. 23, Issue 4; ISSN 1094-4087

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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Light-driven dynamic Archimedes spirals and periodic oscillatory patterns of topological solitons in anisotropic soft matter [Supplemental Data] Martinez, Angel; Smalyukh, Ivan I. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3765869 The current record is supplemented by this collection	collection	February 2015
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