Artificial web of disclination lines in nematic liquid crystals

Disclination lines are topological defects in molecular orientation widely found in liquid crystals. Here Wang et al. use a surface patterning technique to produce a very stable freestanding 3D array of ½ twist disclinations, which could be exploited in a variety of nanometre scale applications.

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Autores principales: Mengfei Wang, Yannian Li, Hiroshi Yokoyama
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/bbec3f083a134ee3928e0e252de8580b
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Sumario:Disclination lines are topological defects in molecular orientation widely found in liquid crystals. Here Wang et al. use a surface patterning technique to produce a very stable freestanding 3D array of ½ twist disclinations, which could be exploited in a variety of nanometre scale applications.