Particle-resolved topological defects of smectic colloidal liquid crystals in extreme confinement
Colloidal rod-like mesogens make the study of liquid crystal structures available to simple optical microscopy. Wittmann et al. study topological defects in smectic phases under annular confinement and reveal a remarkable, quantitative agreement with a theoretic density functional description.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-01-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20842-5 |