Directed motion of liquid crystal skyrmions with oscillating fields

Using continuum simulations, we show that under a sinusoidal electric field, liquid crystal skyrmions undergo periodic shape oscillations which produce controlled directed motion. The speed of the skyrmion is non-monotonic in the frequency of the applied field, and exhibits multiple reversals of the...

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Main Authors: A Duzgun, C Nisoli, C J O Reichhardt, C Reichhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac58b8