Liquid Crystal Defect Cores: Order Parameters, Regularization, and Stabilization

Presentations

• Molecular Self-Assembly in Topological Defects of Liquid Crystals

  ORAL · Invited

  March 6, 2023, 6:00 PM – March 6, 2023, 6:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Nicholas Abbott

    Cornell University

  Authors

  • Nicholas Abbott

    Cornell University

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• Reconfigurable assembly of topological defects in smectic liquid crystals confined at 3D-printed curved surfaces

  ORAL · Invited

  March 6, 2023, 6:36 PM – March 6, 2023, 7:12 PM

  Publication: [1] R.S. Preusse, E.R. George, S.A. Aghvami, T.M. Otchy, and M.A. Gharbi. Hierarchical assembly of smectic liquid crystal defects at undulated interfaces. Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 8352.
  [2] M. O'Keefe, J.B.D.M. Garcia, A.J. Rwakabuba, T.M. Otchy, D.A. Beller, and M.A. Gharbi. Reconfigurable assembly of gold nanoparticles in smectic liquid crystals confined at 3D printed curved surfaces. In preparation (2022).

  Presenters

  • Mohamed Amine Gharbi

    University of Massachusetts Boston

  Authors

  • Mohamed Amine Gharbi

    University of Massachusetts Boston

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• Portraits of Topological Defects in Static, Driven, and Active Nematic Liquid Crystals

  ORAL · Invited

  March 6, 2023, 7:12 PM – March 6, 2023, 7:48 PM

  Presenters

  • Rui Zhang

    HKUST, The Hong Kong University of Science and, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Rui Zhang

    HKUST, The Hong Kong University of Science and, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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• Fine structure of the defect cores in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals

  ORAL · Invited

  March 6, 2023, 7:48 PM – March 6, 2023, 8:24 PM

  Publication: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | 8:14974 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14974

  Presenters

  • Shuang Zhou

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Authors

  • Shuang Zhou

    University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Oleg D Lavrentovich

    Kent State University

  • Sergij V Shiyanovskii

    Kent State University

  • Heung-Shik Park

    Kent State University

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• Shape-morphing of topological liquid crystal elastomer kirigami

  ORAL · Invited

  March 6, 2023, 8:24 PM – March 6, 2023, 9:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Vianney K Gimenez-Pinto

    Lincoln University (Missouri)

  Authors

  • Vianney K Gimenez-Pinto

    Lincoln University (Missouri)

  • Juan Chen

    The University of Memphis, University of Memphis

  • Jinghua Jiang

    University of Science and Technology of China

  • Chenhui Peng

    University of Science and Technology of China

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