Sculpting liquid crystal skyrmions with external flows

We investigate, using experiments and numerical simulations, the distortions and the alignment of skyrmions in liquid crystal under external flows for a range of average flow velocities. The simulations are based on the Landau-de Gennes Q tensor theory both for isolated as well as for systems with m...

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Main Authors: Rodrigo C. V. Coelho, Hanqing Zhao, Mykola Tasinkevych, Ivan I. Smalyukh, Margarida M. Telo da Gama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2023-09-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.033210