Rods in a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal: emergence of chirality, symmetry-breaking alignment, and caged angular diffusion

In lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs), twist distortion of the nematic director costs much less energy than splay or bend distortion. This feature leads to novel mirror-symmetry breaking director configurations when the LCLCs are confined by interfaces or contain suspended particles. Spheri...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Soft matter 2022-01, Vol.18 (3), p.487-495
Hauptverfasser:	Ettinger, Sophie, Dietrich, Clarissa F, Mishra, Chandan K, Miksch, Cornelia, Beller, Daniel A, Collings, Peter J, Yodh, A. G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aspect ratio Asymmetry Broken symmetry Chirality Colloids Configurations Crystals Diffusion Distortion Elastic properties Energy costs Interfaces Liquid crystals Microscopy Orientation Perturbation Rods Substrates Symmetry
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