3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Birefringent-colored optical profiling of wood presenting the 3D cellulose microfibril architecture
Jieh-Wen Tsung
Wood slices under a polarized optical microscope show a spectrum of interference colors, such as cyan, blue, magenta, yellow, and bluish gray because of the birefringent cellulose…
cond-mat.soft2026
Chiral cellulose fibril organization in a plant cell wall as liquid crystal confined in a cylindrical boundary
Jieh-Wen Tsung, Bo-Hsien Wu, Li-Yan Hung +3
The order of cellulose microfibrils in xylem cell walls is identified using polarized optical microscopy. The line, helix, ring, crossed helix, and twisted helix organizations in a…
cond-mat.soft2019
Conservation Laws for Crystal of Topological Defects
Jieh-Wen Tsung
Stable array of point defects was generated in nematic liquid crystal. Point defects with topological charge of +1 and -1 (hedgehogs) were generated in vertically aligned liquid cr…