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Whip dynamics in a freely falling chain
Tianyi Guo, Xiaoyu Zheng, Peter Palffy-Muhoray
In this work, we examine the whip dynamics in a freely falling chain. We consider an inextensible chain with free ends in the presence of gravity hanging from a fixed pulley. If th…
An elastically stabilized spherical invagination
Xiaoyu Zheng, Tianyi Guo, Peter Palffy-Muhoray
Invaginations are partial enclosures formed by surfaces. Typically formed by biological membranes; they abound in nature. In this paper, we consider fundamentally different structu…
Optical characterization of dyed liquid crystal cells
Obeng Appiagyei Addai, Ruilin Xiao, Xiaoyu Zheng +1
The guest-host liquid crystal display, first proposed in 1968, relies on controlling the orientation of dichroic dyes dissolved in a nematic liquid crystal host. Controlling the or…
Anticlinic order of long-range repulsive rod-like magnetic particles in 2D
Xiaoyu Zheng, Obeng Appiagyei Addai, Peter Palffy-Muhoray
In the field of liquid crystals, it is well-known that rod-like molecules interacting via long-range attractive interactions or short-range repulsive potentials can exhibit orienta…