From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions
- Laboratoire Gulliver, UMR 7083 CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, 75005 Paris, France
- Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain; ICREA-Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
We investigate the defect transitions that occur when a nematic shell is transformed into a droplet. Two different scenarios are observed depending on the initial defect structure of the shell, including an abrupt expulsion of the shell inner droplet.
- Research Organization:
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- SC0019762
- OSTI ID:
- 1978824
- Journal Information:
- Soft Matter, Vol. 18, Issue 7; ISSN 1744-683X
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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