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Molecular chirality controls droplet division and helical fiber formation in liquid crystal emulsions
Simon Äopar, Mariana V. M. Rodriguez, Peter Marinko +9
Molecular chirality is a source of broken mirror symmetry, but using it to control mesoscale structures with a tunable length scale remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate that a…
Controlling curvature of self-assembling surfaces via patchy particle design
Andraž Gnidovec, Simon Äopar
Curved structures in soft matter and biological systems commonly emerge as a result of self-assembly processes where building blocks aggregate in a controlled manner, giving rise t…
Anisotropic DLVO-like interaction for charge patchiness in colloids and proteins
Andraž Gnidovec, Emanuele Locatelli, Simon Äopar +2
The behaviour and stability of soft and biological matter depend significantly on electrostatic interactions, as particles such as proteins and colloids acquire a charge when dispe…
Many-defect solutions in planar nematics: interactions, spiral textures and boundary conditions
Simon Äopar, Žiga Kos
From incompressible flows to electrostatics, harmonic functions can provide solutions to many two-dimensional problems and, similarly, the director field of a planar nematic can be…