High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms
Abstract
Achieving and exceeding diversity of colloidal analogs of chemical elements and molecules as building blocks of matter has been the central goal and challenge of colloidal science ever since Einstein introduced the colloidal atom paradigm. Recent advances in colloids assembly have been achieved by exploiting the machinery of DNA hybridization but robust physical means of defining colloidal elements remain limited. Here we introduce physical design principles allowing us to define high-order elastic multipoles emerging when colloids with controlled shapes and surface alignment are introduced into a nematic host fluid. Combination of experiments and numerical modeling of equilibrium field configurations using a spherical harmonic expansion allow us to probe elastic multipole moments, bringing analogies with electromagnetism and a structure of atomic orbitals. We illustrate that, at least in view of the symmetry of the “director wiggle wave functions,” diversity of elastic colloidal atoms can far exceed that of known chemical elements.
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[1]
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Univ. of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
- Univ. of Ljubljana (Slovenia); J. Stefan Inst., Ljubljana (Slovenia)
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- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1594976
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019293
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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Senyuk, Bohdan, Aplinc, Jure, Ravnik, Miha, and Smalyukh, Ivan I. High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09777-8.
Senyuk, Bohdan, Aplinc, Jure, Ravnik, Miha, & Smalyukh, Ivan I. High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09777-8
Senyuk, Bohdan, Aplinc, Jure, Ravnik, Miha, and Smalyukh, Ivan I. Tue .
"High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09777-8. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1594976.
@article{osti_1594976,
title = {High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms},
author = {Senyuk, Bohdan and Aplinc, Jure and Ravnik, Miha and Smalyukh, Ivan I.},
abstractNote = {Achieving and exceeding diversity of colloidal analogs of chemical elements and molecules as building blocks of matter has been the central goal and challenge of colloidal science ever since Einstein introduced the colloidal atom paradigm. Recent advances in colloids assembly have been achieved by exploiting the machinery of DNA hybridization but robust physical means of defining colloidal elements remain limited. Here we introduce physical design principles allowing us to define high-order elastic multipoles emerging when colloids with controlled shapes and surface alignment are introduced into a nematic host fluid. Combination of experiments and numerical modeling of equilibrium field configurations using a spherical harmonic expansion allow us to probe elastic multipole moments, bringing analogies with electromagnetism and a structure of atomic orbitals. We illustrate that, at least in view of the symmetry of the “director wiggle wave functions,” diversity of elastic colloidal atoms can far exceed that of known chemical elements.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-09777-8},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {4}
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