Iterated Moire Maps and Braiding of Chiral Polymer Crystals
Condensed Matter
2009-10-22 v1 chao-dyn
Chaotic Dynamics
Abstract
In the hexagonal columnar phase of chiral polymers a bias towards cholesteric twist competes with braiding along an average direction. When the chirality is strong, screw dislocations proliferate, leading to either a tilt grain boundary phase or a new "moire state" with twisted bond order. Polymer trajectories in the plane perpendicular to their average direction are described by iterated moire maps of remarkable complexity.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9411039,
title = {Iterated Moire Maps and Braiding of Chiral Polymer Crystals},
author = {Randall D. Kamien and David R. Nelson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9411039},
year = {2009}
}
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10 pages (plain tex) 3 figures uufiled and appended