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Synthesis of achiral rod-shaped triazolic molecules and investigation of their striped texture and propeller-patterned nematic droplets
Souria Benalloua, Salima Saidi-Besbes, Abdelatif Bouyacoub +1
In this study, novel achiral mesogens containing 4,4'-biphenyl central core connected on both sides through an ester function to 1-(4-(alkyloxy)phenyl)-1H-[1,2,3]-triazolyl group h…
Elastic response of colloidal smectics: insights from microscopic theory
H. H. Wensink, E. Grelet
Elongated colloidal rods at sufficient packing conditions are known to form stable lamellar or smectic phases. Using a simplified volume-exclusion model, we propose a generic equat…
When bigger is faster: a self-van Hove analysis of the enhanced self-diffusion of non-commensurate guest particles in smectics
M. Paul Lettinga, Laura Alvarez, Olivera Korculanin +1
We investigate the anomalous dynamics in smectic phases of short host rods where, counter-intuitively, long guest rod-shaped particles diffusive faster than the short host ones, du…
Phase behaviour of hard cylinders
Joyce T. Lopes, Flavio Romano, Eric Grelet +2
Using isobaric Monte Carlo simulations, we map out the entire phase diagram of a system of hard cylindrical particles of length and diameter , using an improved algorithm to…
Depletion-driven Morphological Transitions in Hexagonal Crystallites of Virus Rods
Baeckkyoung Sung, Rik Wensink, Eric Grelet
The assembly of nanometer-sized building blocks into complex morphologies is not only of fundamental interest but also plays a key role in material science and nanotechnology. We s…
Speeding up dynamics by tuning the non-commensurate size of rod-like particles in a smectic phase
Massimiliano Chiappini, Eric Grelet, Marjolein Dijkstra
Using simulations, we study the diffusion of rod-like guest particles in a smectic environment of rod-like host particles. We find that the dynamics of guest rods across smectic la…