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Generation and propagation of solitary waves in nematic liquid crystals
Xingzhou Tang, Ali Mozaffari, Noe Atzin +3
Solitons in nematic liquid crystals offer intriguing opportunities for transport and sensing in microfluidic systems. Little is known about the elementary conditions that are neede…
A minimal model of solitons in nematic liquid crystals
Noe Atzin, Ali Mozaffari, Xingzhou Tang +3
Solitons in liquid crystals have generated considerable interest. Several hypotheses of varying complexity have been advanced to explain how they emerge, and a consensus has not em…
Geometry and mechanics of disclination lines in 3D nematic liquid crystals
Cheng Long, Xingzhou Tang, Robin L. B. Selinger +1
In 3D nematic liquid crystals, disclination lines have a range of geometric structures. Locally, they may resemble or defects in 2D nematic phases, or they may have 3…
Alignment of a topological defect by an activity gradient
Xingzhou Tang, Jonathan V. Selinger
As a method for controlling active materials, researchers have suggested designing patterns of activity on a substrate, which should guide the motion of topological defects. To inv…
Annihilation trajectory of defects in smectic-C films
Xingzhou Tang, Jonathan V. Selinger
In a 2D liquid crystal, each topological defect has a topological charge and a characteristic orientation, and hence can be regarded as an oriented particle. Theories predict that…
Minimization principle for shear alignment of liquid crystals
Xingzhou Tang, Jonathan V. Selinger
If a static perturbation is applied to a liquid crystal, the director configuration changes to minimize the free energy. If a shear flow is applied to a liquid crystal, one might a…