Topological states in chiral active matter: Dynamic blue phases and active half-skyrmions

We numerically study the dynamics of two-dimensional blue phases in active chiral liquid crystals. We show that introducing contractile activity results in stabilised blue phases, while small extensile activity generates ordered but dynamic blue phases characterised by coherently moving half-skyrmio...

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Glavni autori: Metselaar, L, Doostmohammadi, A, Yeomans, J
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: American Institute of Physics 2019

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