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Topological defects and geometric memory across the nematic–smectic A liquid crystal phase transition

Published:2019 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1744-683X
Container-title:Soft Matter
language:en
Short-container-title:Soft Matter

Author:

Suh Ahram¹²³⁴^ORCID,Gim Min-Jun¹²³⁴,Beller Daniel⁵⁶⁷⁸^ORCID,Yoon Dong Ki¹²³⁴⁹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology

2. KAIST

3. Daejeon

4. Republic of Korea

5. Department of Physics

6. University of California

7. Merced

8. USA

9. Department of Chemistry and KINC

Abstract

We study transformations of self-organised defect arrays at the nematic–smectic A liquid crystal phase transition, and show that these defect configurations are correlated, or “remembered”, across the phase transition.

Funder

National Science Foundation

National Research Foundation of Korea

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Condensed Matter Physics,General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2019/SM/C9SM00781D

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