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Liquid Crystal Defect Cores: Order Parameters, Regularization, and Stabilization

INVITED · D13 · ID: 782865

Presentations

  • Reconfigurable assembly of topological defects in smectic liquid crystals confined at 3D-printed curved surfaces

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: [1] R.S. Preusse, E.R. George, S.A. Aghvami, T.M. Otchy, and M.A. Gharbi. Hierarchical assembly of smectic liquid crystal defects at undulated interfaces. Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 8352.<br>[2] M. O'Keefe, J.B.D.M. Garcia, A.J. Rwakabuba, T.M. Otchy, D.A. Beller, and M.A. Gharbi. Reconfigurable assembly of gold nanoparticles in smectic liquid crystals confined at 3D printed curved surfaces. In preparation (2022).

    Presenters

    • Mohamed Amine Gharbi

      University of Massachusetts Boston

    Authors

    • Mohamed Amine Gharbi

      University of Massachusetts Boston

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  • Portraits of Topological Defects in Static, Driven, and Active Nematic Liquid Crystals

    ORAL · Invited

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    Presenters

    • Rui Zhang

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

    Authors

    • Rui Zhang

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

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  • Fine structure of the defect cores in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals

    ORAL · Invited

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    Publication: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | 8:14974 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14974

    Presenters

    • Shuang Zhou

      University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Authors

    • Shuang Zhou

      University of Massachusetts Amherst

    • Oleg D Lavrentovich

      Kent State University

    • Sergij V Shiyanovskii

      Kent State University

    • Heung-Shik Park

      Kent State University

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  • Shape-morphing of topological liquid crystal elastomer kirigami

    ORAL · Invited

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    Presenters

    • Vianney K Gimenez-Pinto

      Lincoln University (Missouri)

    Authors

    • Vianney K Gimenez-Pinto

      Lincoln University (Missouri)

    • Juan Chen

      The University of Memphis, University of Memphis

    • Jinghua Jiang

      University of Science and Technology of China

    • Chenhui Peng

      University of Science and Technology of China

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