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电场诱导的向列相 tactoid 形状转变

软凝聚态物质 2017-09-13 v1

摘要

液晶新织构的出现是调控其光学和光子学性质的重要因素。在此,我们通过实验和数值计算表明,在电场下甲壳素 tactoids(即向列相液滴)可拉伸至长宽比大于15,从而导致从纺锤状到雪茄状的形状转变。我们认为,这种大延伸的发生是因为对自由能的弹性贡献由锚定主导。我们证明该伸长涉及流体动力流且是可逆的,移除电场后 tactoids 恢复其原始形状。

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引用

@article{arxiv.1707.02913,
  title  = {Electric-field induced shape transition of nematic tactoids},
  author = {Luuk Metselaar and Ivan Dozov and Krassimira Antonova and Emmanuel Belamie and Patrick Davidson and Julia M. Yeomans and Amin Doostmohammadi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.02913},
  year   = {2017}
}

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8 pages, 6 figures; accepted for publication in Physical Review E