Assembly and transport of nematic colloidal swarms above photo-patterned defects and surfaces

We investigate the dynamic assembly and swarm translocation of anisometric colloidal particles dispersed in a nematic liquid crystal and driven above a photosensitive surface. We use liquid crystal-enabled electrophoresis to propel these particles via an alternating electric field perpendicular to t...

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Main Authors: Arthur V Straube, Josep M Pagès, Antonio Ortiz-Ambriz, Pietro Tierno, Jordi Ignés-Mullol, Francesc Sagués
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aac3c6