3 papers
cond-mat.soft2022
Nontrivial electrophoresis of silica micro and nanorods in a nematic liquid crystal
Muhammed Rasi M, Archana S, Ravi Kumar Pujala +1
We study DC and AC electrophoresis of silica micro and nanorods in a thin film of a nematic liquid crystal. These particles induce virtual topological defects and also demonstrate…
cond-mat.soft2020
Microrheology to Probe Smectic Clusters in Bent-core Nematic Liquid Crystals
Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Supreet Kaur, Golam Mohiuddin +3
Many bent-core nematic liquid crystals exhibit unusual physical properties due to the presence of smectic clusters, known as "cybotactic" clusters in the nematic phase. Effect of t…
cond-mat.soft2019
Orientation Dependent Interaction and Self-assembly of Cubic Magnetic Colloids in a Nematic Liquid Crystal
Devika V S, Ravi Kumar Pujala, Surajit Dhara
Spherical microparticles dispersed in nematic liquid crystals have been extensively investigated in the past years. Here, we report experimental studies on the elastic deformation,…