Liquid crystal necklaces: cholesteric drops threaded by thin cellulose fibres
Liquid crystals in confined geometries exhibit numerous complex structures often including topological defects that are controlled by the nematic elasticity, chirality and surface anchoring. In this work, we study the structures of cholesteric droplets pierced by cellulose fibres with planar anchori...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/2757 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/2757 |