Liquid crystals confined inside toroids

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Abstract

We generate stable toroidal droplets of liquid crystals stabilized inside a yield stress material. In this talk we discuss aspects of both nematic and cholesteric tori: from double twist to low pitch organization.

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Authors

  • Karthik Nayani

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jayalakshmi Vallamkondu

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Eric Dancu

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Jung Ok Park

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Mohan Srinivasarao

    Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Alberto Fernandez-Nieves

    Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, 30332-0430, USA, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Physics. Georgia Tech