High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms

When colloidal particles are placed into a liquid crystal host the anisotropic surface interactions produce spatial elastic distortions described as elastic multipoles. Here the authors provide a recipe to construct higher order multipoles, in particular the 16-, 32-, and 64-poles.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bohdan Senyuk, Jure Aplinc, Miha Ravnik, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09777-8