Colloidal smectics in button-like confinements: Experiment and theory
Liquid crystals can self-organize into a layered smectic phase. While the smectic layers are typically straight, forming a lamellar pattern in bulk, external confinement may drastically distort the layers due to the boundary conditions imposed on the orientational director field. Resolving this dist...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2023-08-01
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| Series: | Physical Review Research |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033135 |