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math.AP2025
A study of ferronematic thin films including a stray field energy
Shilpa Dutta, James Dalby, Apala Majumdar +1
Ferronematic materials are colloidal suspensions of magnetic particles in liquid crystals. They are complex materials with potential applications in display technologies, sensors,…
cond-mat.soft2025
Colloidal nanoparticles in liquid crystals: Bulk properties, biaxiality and untwisting in cholesterics
Prabakaran Rajamanickam, Fatimah Almutari, Apala Majumdar
We study the effects of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) in liquid crystal samples in the dilute limit, in a Landau--de Gennes theoretical framework. The effects of the suspended NPs…