Direct calculation of distortion energies in colloidal liquid crystals from single-particle data
We report a method to calculate distortion energies of a colloidal liquid crystal from single-particle data via a triangulation of the particle positions followed by a linear interpolation of the particle orientations. Our method provides local information on the strength and type of distortions pre...
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Taylor and Francis
2015
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| author | Klop, K Farmer, C Dullens, R Aarts, D |
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| description | We report a method to calculate distortion energies of a colloidal liquid crystal from single-particle data via a triangulation of the particle positions followed by a linear interpolation of the particle orientations. Our method provides local information on the strength and type of distortions present in a liquid crystal. We validate our method by applying it to artificially generated data and show that the results are in good agreement with exact calculations of the distortion energy. We further illustrate our method by using it on laser scanning confocal microscopy images of the nematic phase of fd-virus particles in wedge-shaped microfluidics channels. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4c8765b9-4007-4eb2-a1ee-db0eed934ac32022-03-26T15:50:02ZDirect calculation of distortion energies in colloidal liquid crystals from single-particle dataJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4c8765b9-4007-4eb2-a1ee-db0eed934ac3EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordTaylor and Francis2015Klop, KFarmer, CDullens, RAarts, DWe report a method to calculate distortion energies of a colloidal liquid crystal from single-particle data via a triangulation of the particle positions followed by a linear interpolation of the particle orientations. Our method provides local information on the strength and type of distortions present in a liquid crystal. We validate our method by applying it to artificially generated data and show that the results are in good agreement with exact calculations of the distortion energy. We further illustrate our method by using it on laser scanning confocal microscopy images of the nematic phase of fd-virus particles in wedge-shaped microfluidics channels. |
| spellingShingle | Klop, K Farmer, C Dullens, R Aarts, D Direct calculation of distortion energies in colloidal liquid crystals from single-particle data |
| title | Direct calculation of distortion energies in colloidal liquid crystals from single-particle data |
| title_full | Direct calculation of distortion energies in colloidal liquid crystals from single-particle data |
| title_fullStr | Direct calculation of distortion energies in colloidal liquid crystals from single-particle data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Direct calculation of distortion energies in colloidal liquid crystals from single-particle data |
| title_short | Direct calculation of distortion energies in colloidal liquid crystals from single-particle data |
| title_sort | direct calculation of distortion energies in colloidal liquid crystals from single particle data |
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