Colloidal interactions and unusual crystallization versus de-mixing of elastic multipoles formed by gold mesoflowers

Elasticity-mediated particle interaction in a hosting medium holds promise for material engineering of unusual structures. Yuan et al. show that the gold microparticles can induce elastic multipoles of different symmetries when dispersed in a nematic liquid crystal as building blocks for various cry...

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Autores principales: Ye Yuan, Mykola Tasinkevych, Ivan I. Smalyukh
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/742088f3661c47af8f1b11bbdaa218ab
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Sumario:Elasticity-mediated particle interaction in a hosting medium holds promise for material engineering of unusual structures. Yuan et al. show that the gold microparticles can induce elastic multipoles of different symmetries when dispersed in a nematic liquid crystal as building blocks for various crystals.