Activity induced nematic order in isotropic liquid crystals

We use linear stability analysis to show that an isotropic phase of elongated particles with dipolar flow fields can develop nematic order as a result of their activity. We argue that ordering is favoured if the particles are flow-aligning and is strongest if the wavevector of the order perturbation...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Santhosh, S, Nejad, MR, Doostmohammadi, A, Yeomans, J, Thampi, SP
التنسيق: Journal article
اللغة:English
منشور في: Springer Nature 2020