Liquid-crystalline behavior on dumbbell-shaped colloids and the observation of chiral blue phases

Colloidal liquid crystals account for various applications due to the combination of characteristics relevant for liquid crystals and colloids. The authors elaborate the impact of concave geometry on the properties of colloidal liquid crystals for development of functional materials.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guangdong Chen, Hanwen Pei, Xuefei Zhang, Wei Shi, Mingjie Liu, Charl F. J. Faul, Bai Yang, Yan Zhao, Kun Liu, Zhongyuan Lu, Zhihong Nie, Yang Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33125-y