Topological Defects in Soft/Active/Biological Matter II

Presentations

• Topological Structures in Polar Liquid Crystals

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 12:30 PM – March 8, 2024, 12:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Qi-Huo Wei

    Southern University of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Qi-Huo Wei

    Southern University of Science and Technology

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• Influence of confining surface Gaussian curvature on the winding character of nematic disclination lines

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 12:42 PM – March 8, 2024, 12:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Jane Bernadette Denise M Garcia

    Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Jane Bernadette Denise M Garcia

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Mohamed Amine Gharbi

    University of Massachusetts Boston

  • Daniel A Beller

    Johns Hopkins University

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• Numerical study of chiral structures from achiral liquid crystals using Ball-Majumdar singular potential model

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 12:54 PM – March 8, 2024, 1:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Lucas J Myers

    University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Lucas J Myers

    University of Minnesota

  • Jorge Vinals

    University of Minnesota

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• Complementary tensorial measures of disclination line winding character

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 1:06 PM – March 8, 2024, 1:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel A Beller

    Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Daniel A Beller

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Jane Bernadette Denise M Garcia

    Johns Hopkins University

  • Robert Pelcovits

    Brown University

  • Thomas R Powers

    Brown University

  • Jonathan V Selinger

    Kent State University

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• Elasticity and topological defects: a common thread between soft and hard materials

  ORAL · Invited

  March 8, 2024, 1:18 PM – March 8, 2024, 1:54 PM

  Publication: Chiqun Zhang, Amit Acharya, Alan C. Newell, Shankar C. Venkataramani (2021) Computing with non-orientable defects: nematics, smectics and natural patterns, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 417, 132828.
  
  Siddharth Singh, He Liu, Rajat Arora, Robert M. Suter, Amit acharya (2023) Micromechanical modeling of experimentally observed topological defects inside bulk polycrystals, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 31, 085007.
  
  Chiqun Zhang, Xiaohan Zhang, Amit Acharya, Dmitry Golovaty, and Noel Walkington. (2017) A non-traditional view on the modeling of nematic disclination dynamics. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, LXXV, 309-357.

  Presenters

  • Amit Acharya

    Carnegie Mellon University

  Authors

  • Amit Acharya

    Carnegie Mellon University

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• Analytical predictions of topological defect interactions in active nematics.

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 1:54 PM – March 8, 2024, 2:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Cody D Schimming

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Cody D Schimming

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Cynthia Reichhardt

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Charles M Reichhardt

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Exploring the Formation of Initial Disclination Loops of Active Nematics through Particle-Based Simulations

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 2:06 PM – March 8, 2024, 2:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Yingyou Ma

    Brandeis University

  Authors

  • Yingyou Ma

    Brandeis University

  • Michael F Hagan

    Brandeis University

  • Aparna Baskaran

    Brandeis University

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• Cooperative motion and granule rotation during rapid grain shrinking in colloidal crystals

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 2:18 PM – March 8, 2024, 2:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Avani Anne

    Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Avani Anne

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Eric Corona

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Helen K Chaffee

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Chris G Couto

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Elizabeth L Rogers

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Aaron L Galper

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Conor M Floyd

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Ananya Venkatachalam

    Harvey Mudd College

  • Sharon J Gerbode

    Harvey Mudd College

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• Inducing point defects in 3D colloidal crystals

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 2:30 PM – March 8, 2024, 2:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Max Schelling

    Eindhoven University of Technology

  Authors

  • Max Schelling

    Eindhoven University of Technology

  • Janne-Mieke Meijer

    Eindhoven University of Technology

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• Controlling Topological Defects in Colloidal Crystal Shells of Hard Superballs

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 2:42 PM – March 8, 2024, 2:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Gabrielle N Jones

    University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Gabrielle N Jones

    University of Michigan

  • Philipp Schönhöfer

    University of Michigan

  • Sharon C Glotzer

    University of Michigan

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• Model Predictive Control of Active Brownian Particles

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 2:54 PM – March 8, 2024, 3:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Titus Quah

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Titus Quah

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Sho C Takatori

    University of California, Santa Barbara

  • James B Rawlings

    University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Using potentials to model the crystallography of bee honeycomb under geometric frustration

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 3:06 PM – March 8, 2024, 3:18 PM

  Publication: "Crystallography of honeycomb formation under geometric frustration", G Gharooni Fard, D Zhang, F López Jiménez, O Peleg
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (48), e2205043119

  Presenters

  • Francisco Lopez Jimenez

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Francisco Lopez Jimenez

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Yasara Dharmadasa

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Golnar Gharooni Fard

    University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Orit Peleg

    University of Colorado Boulder

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