A Self-Quenched Defect Glass in a Colloid-Nematic Liquid Crystal Composite

Colloidal particles immersed in liquid crystals frustrate orientational order. This generates defect lines known as disclinations. At the core of these defects, the orientational order drops sharply. We have discovered a class of soft solids, with shear moduli up to 10⁴ pascals, containing high conc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2011-10, Vol.334 (6052), p.79-83
Hauptverfasser:	Wood, T. A., Lintuvuori, J. S., Schofield, A. B., Marenduzzo, D., Poon, W. C. K.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Colloids Composite particles Condensed Matter Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties Crystal defects Exact sciences and technology Gels Glass Kinetics Liquid crystals Liquids Material concentration Network access lines Orientational order of liquid crystals electric and magnetic field effects on order Particulate composites Physics Quantum entanglement Shear Soft Condensed Matter Structure of solids and liquids crystallography Superconductors Three dimensional
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