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Elastomeric Nematic Colloids, Colloidal Crystals and Microstructures with Complex Topology
Ye Yuan, Patrick Keller, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Control of physical behaviors of nematic colloids and colloidal crystals has been demonstrated by tuning particle shape, topology, chirality and surface charging. However, the capa…
Optical manipulation of shape-morphing elastomeric liquid crystal microparticles doped with gold nanocrystals
Yaoran Sun, Julian S. Evans, Taewoo Lee +4
We demonstrate facile optical manipulation of shape of birefringent colloidal microparticles made from liquid crystal elastomers. Using soft lithography and polymerization, we fabr…
Active shape-morphing elastomeric colloids in short-pitch cholesteric liquid crystals
Julian S. Evans, Yaoran Sun, Bohdan Senyuk +4
Active elastomeric liquid crystal particles with initial cylindrical shapes are obtained by means of soft lithography and polymerization in a strong magnetic field. Gold nanocrysta…
Self-assembly of liquid crystal block copolymer PEG-b-smectic polymer in pure state and in dilute aqueous solution
B. Xu, R. Pinol, M. Nono-Djamen +5
A series of amphiphilic LC block copolymers, in which the hydrophobic block is a smectic polymer poly(4-methoxyphenyl 4-(6-acryloyloxy-hexyloxy)-benzoate) (PA6ester1) and the hydro…