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From nematic shells to nematic droplets: energetics and defect transitions

Published:2022 Issue:7 Volume:18 Page:1395-1403
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

He Kunyun¹,Zhou Ye²,Ramezani-Dakhel Hadi²,de Pablo Juan J.³^ORCID,Fernandez-Nieves Alberto⁴⁵,Lopez-Leon Teresa¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Laboratoire Gulliver, UMR 7083 CNRS, ESPCI Paris, PSL Research University, 75005 Paris, France

2. Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA

3. Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA

4. Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

5. ICREA-Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avancats, 08010 Barcelona, Spain

Abstract

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.

Funder

Agence Nationale de la Recherche

Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2022/SM/D1SM00241D

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