Theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystals
Colloidal particles with anisotropic interactions are excellent candidates for synthetic building blocks of self-assembled materials with desirable properties, such as a photonic band-gap or swimming ability, at the nano- or micro-scale. The anisotropic nature of liquid crystals (LCs) makes them an...
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| description | Colloidal particles with anisotropic interactions are excellent candidates for synthetic building blocks of self-assembled materials with desirable properties, such as a photonic band-gap or swimming ability, at the nano- or micro-scale. The anisotropic nature of liquid crystals (LCs) makes them an ideal candidate to generate non-spherically symmetric interactions between immersed colloidal particles. Here, we review the progress on the theory and simulation of such systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-234d4dc954b245e7bd9e0a425a941a0c2022-12-21T21:27:42ZengTaylor & Francis GroupAdvances in Physics: X2374-61492020-01-015110.1080/23746149.2020.18067281806728Theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystalsColin Denniston0The University of Western OntarioColloidal particles with anisotropic interactions are excellent candidates for synthetic building blocks of self-assembled materials with desirable properties, such as a photonic band-gap or swimming ability, at the nano- or micro-scale. The anisotropic nature of liquid crystals (LCs) makes them an ideal candidate to generate non-spherically symmetric interactions between immersed colloidal particles. Here, we review the progress on the theory and simulation of such systems.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2020.1806728liquid crystalscolloidssimulations |
| spellingShingle | Colin Denniston Theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystals Advances in Physics: X liquid crystals colloids simulations |
| title | Theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystals |
| title_full | Theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystals |
| title_fullStr | Theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystals |
| title_short | Theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystals |
| title_sort | theory and simulation of objects in liquid crystals |
| topic | liquid crystals colloids simulations |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2020.1806728 |
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