Confining blue phase colloids to thin layers

Colloidal assembly in strongly confined cholesteric structures is demonstrated using phenomenological modelling. Particle trapping sites and trapping potentials, which are intrinsically imposed by the strongly anisotropic orientational profile of the confined blue phases, are calculated. Locations o...

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Main Authors: Ravnik, M, Fukuda, J, Yeomans, J, Zumer, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011