Programming emergent symmetries with saddle-splay elasticity
Liquid crystals are used for devices with increasingly complex geometries which makes it important to understand the influence of deformation. Xia et al. measure the poorly investigated saddle-splay elastic constant by means of surface patterning and simulation for programming emergent symmetries.
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Nature Portfolio
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/d2f3168c0b3e411d8add45b3687314eb |
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Sumario: | Liquid crystals are used for devices with increasingly complex geometries which makes it important to understand the influence of deformation. Xia et al. measure the poorly investigated saddle-splay elastic constant by means of surface patterning and simulation for programming emergent symmetries. |
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