Liquid Crystals I

Presentations

• Strength from defects: Topological barriers to defect nucleation generate large mechanical forces in an ordered fluid

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 4:00 PM – March 14, 2022, 4:12 PM

  Publication: B. Zappone and R. Bartolino, PNAS (2021) In press

  Presenters

  • Bruno Zappone

    CNR-Nanotec, Italy

  Authors

  • Bruno Zappone

    CNR-Nanotec, Italy

  • Roberto Bartolino

    CNR-Nanotec, Italy

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• Singularity tracking methods for a unified description of topology, geometry, and the dynamics of disclinations in 3D nematic liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 4:12 PM – March 14, 2022, 4:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Cody D Schimming

    University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Cody D Schimming

    University of Minnesota

  • Jorge Vinals

    University of Minnesota

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• Backflow effects in p-atic liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 4:24 PM – March 14, 2022, 4:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Dimitrios Krommydas

    Leiden University

  Authors

  • Dimitrios Krommydas

    Leiden University

  • Livio N Carenza

    Leiden University

  • Luca Giomi

    Leiden University

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• Fractional defect charges in p-atic liquid crystals on cones

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 4:36 PM – March 14, 2022, 4:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Grace H Zhang

    Harvard University

  Authors

  • Grace H Zhang

    Harvard University

  • David R Nelson

    Harvard University

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• Behavior of disclination arrays across the nematic-smectic transition

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 4:48 PM – March 14, 2022, 5:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Alvin Modin

    Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Alvin Modin

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Biswarup Ash

    Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Robert L Leheny

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Hillel Aharoni

    Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Francesca Serra

    University of Southern Denmark, Johns Hopkins University

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• Critical points of two-dimensional sigma models and implications for liquid crystals and gases of intersecting loops.

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 5:00 PM – March 14, 2022, 5:12 PM

  Publication: 1. Y. Diouane, N. Lamsen, G. Delfino, J. Stat. Mech. (2021) 033214<br>2. G. Delfino, Y. Diouane, N. Lamsen, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 54 (2021) 03LT01

  Presenters

  • Youness Diouane

    International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.

  Authors

  • Youness Diouane

    International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.

  • Gesualdo Delfino

    International School of Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy.

  • Noel Lamsen

    International Institute of Physics (IIP), Natal, Brazil.

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• Pairs of solitary domain walls in ferroelectric nematic

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 5:12 PM – March 14, 2022, 5:24 PM

  Presenters

  • O D Lavrentovich

    Kent State University

  Authors

  • O D Lavrentovich

    Kent State University

  • Bijaya Basnet

    Kent State University

  • Mojtaba Rajabi

    Kent State University

  • Kamal Thapa

    Kent State University

  • Sanjoy Paul

    Kent State University

  • Hao Wang

    Kent State University

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• Explicit Demonstration of Geometric Frustration in Cholesteric Liquid Crystals

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 5:24 PM – March 14, 2022, 5:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Cheng Long

    Kent State University

  Authors

  • Cheng Long

    Kent State University

  • Jonathan V Selinger

    Kent State University

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• Cholesteric shells: two-dimensional blue fog and finite quasicrystals

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 5:36 PM – March 14, 2022, 5:48 PM

  Publication: Cholesteric shells: two-dimensional blue fog and finite quasicrystals<br>Livio Nicola Carenza, Giuseppe Gonnella, Davide Marenduzzo, Giuseppe Negro, Enzo Orlandini. <br>arXiv:2106.04498 (cond-mat)

  Presenters

  • Giuseppe Negro

    Univ of Bari

  Authors

  • Giuseppe Negro

    Univ of Bari

  • Livio Nicola Carenza

    Leiden University - Lorentz Institute

  • Enzo Orlandini

    University of Padova, Università degli studi di Padova

  • Davide Marenduzzo

    University of Edinburgh, Univ of Edinburgh

  • Giuseppe Gonnella

    Univ Bari

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• Spatial structure of topological defect lines in three-dimensional nematic liquid crystals

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 5:48 PM – March 14, 2022, 6:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Biswarup Ash

    Weizmann Institute of Science

  Authors

  • Biswarup Ash

    Weizmann Institute of Science

  • Alvin Modin

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Francesca Serra

    University of Southern Denmark, Johns Hopkins University

  • Hillel Aharoni

    Weizmann Institute of Science

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• Scaling and Spontaneous Symmetry Restoring in Reconnecting Nematic Disclinations

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 6:00 PM – March 14, 2022, 6:12 PM

  Publication: Y. Zushi and K. A. Takeuchi, "Scaling and Spontaneous Symmetry Restoring in Reconnecting Nematic Disclinations," arXiv:2110.00442

  Presenters

  • Yohei Zushi

    Univ of Tokyo

  Authors

  • Yohei Zushi

    Univ of Tokyo

  • Kazumasa A Takeuchi

    University of Tokyo, Univ of Tokyo

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• Classifying Non-trivial Links of Biaxial Nematic Defect Lines

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 6:12 PM – March 14, 2022, 6:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Roberto Abril Valenzuela

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Roberto Abril Valenzuela

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Jin-Sheng Wu

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Ivan I Smalyukh

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Mark J Bowick

    University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Focal conic array in patterned microchannels near the cholesteric-smectic phase transition

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 6:24 PM – March 14, 2022, 6:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Sean Hare

    Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Sean Hare

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Francesca Serra

    University of Southern Denmark, Johns Hopkins University

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• Defect coarsening in three-dimensional active nematics

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 6:36 PM – March 14, 2022, 6:48 PM

  Publication: N. Kralj, M. Ravnik, Ž. Kos, to be submitted

  Presenters

  • Ziga Kos

    Univ of Ljubljana

  Authors

  • Ziga Kos

    Univ of Ljubljana

  • Miha Ravnik

    University of Ljubljana, Univ of Ljubljana

  • Nika Kralj

    Univ of Ljubljana

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• Active Control of Periodic, Three-Dimensional Disclination Networks in Nematic Liquid Crystals

  ORAL

  March 14, 2022, 6:48 PM – March 14, 2022, 7:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Xinyu Wang

    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Xinyu Wang

    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Rui Zhang

    Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  • Chenhui Peng

    The University of Memphis

  • Jinghua Jiang

    The University of Memphis

  • Kamal Ranabhat

    The University of Memphis

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