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29 August 2019 Hierarchical self-assembly in liquid crystals
Julian Evans, Nan Wang, Chenxi Li, Tingbiao Guo, Sailing He
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Proceedings Volume 11092, Liquid Crystals XXIII; 110920R (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529953
Event: SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, 2019, San Diego, California, United States
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Liquid crystal elasticity forms distortions and topological defects that allow for the controlled self-assembly of inclusions within liquid crystal media. Many groups have developed this idea for dispersion, alignment, and manipulation of a collection of individual particles to create plasmonic polarizers and others have studied colloidal crystallization processes within LC hosts. Extending this idea to consider more complex superstructures where a variety of forces can produce effects on larger lengthscales can expand the space of materials design and answer first principles questions about complex fluid dynamics. I will discuss results on colloidal inclusions at liquid-liquid and liquid- air interfaces where surface tension and capillary forces augment elasticity to provide the necessary tools for such hierarchical self-assembly.
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Julian Evans, Nan Wang, Chenxi Li, Tingbiao Guo, and Sailing He "Hierarchical self-assembly in liquid crystals", Proc. SPIE 11092, Liquid Crystals XXIII, 110920R (29 August 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2529953
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KEYWORDS
Liquid crystals
Molecular self-assembly
Nanoparticles
Nanorods
Interfaces
Thin films
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