Drag on particles in a nematic suspension by a moving nematic-isotropic interface
Soft Condensed Matter
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We report the first clear demonstration of drag on colloidal particles by a moving nematic-isotropic interface. The balance of forces explains our observation of periodic, strip-like structures that are produced by the movement of these particles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0205084,
title = {Drag on particles in a nematic suspension by a moving nematic-isotropic interface},
author = {J. L. West and A. Glushchenko and G. Liao and Y. Reznikov and D. Andrienko and M. P. Allen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0205084},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
to be publised in Phys. Rev. E