2 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020
Hopf solitons in helical and conical backgrounds of chiral magnetic solids
Robert Voinescu, Jung-Shen B. Tai, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Three-dimensional topological solitons attract a great deal of interest in fields ranging from particle physics to cosmology but remain experimentally elusive in solid-state magnet…
cond-mat.soft2019
Optically enriched and guided dynamics of active skyrmions
Hayley R. O. Sohn, Changda D. Liu, Robert Voinescu +2
Light provides a powerful means of controlling physical behavior of materials but is rarely used to power and guide active matter systems. We demonstrate optical control of liquid…