Iterated Moire Maps and Braiding of Chiral Polymer Crystals
arXiv:cond-mat/9411039 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2499
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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