3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Shaping boundaries to control and transport topological defects in colloidal nematic liquid crystals
Gerardo Campos-Villalobos, André F. V. Matias, Ethan I. L. Jull +2
Anisotropic rod-like particles form liquid crystalline phases with varying degrees of orientational and translational order. When confined geometrically, these phases can give rise…
cond-mat.soft2024
Flexible, photonic films of surfactant-functionalized cellulose nanocrystals for pressure and humidity sensing
Diogo V. Saraiva, Steven N. Remiëns, Ethan I. L. Jull +2
Most paints contain pigments that absorb light and fade over time. A robust alternative can be found in nature, where structural coloration arises from the interference of light wi…
cond-mat.soft2023
Curvature directed anchoring and defect structure of colloidal smectic liquid crystals in confinement
Ethan I. L. Jull, Gerardo Campos-Villalobos, Qianjing Tang +2
Rod-like objects at high packing fractions can form smectic phases, where the rods break rotational and translational symmetry by forming lamellae. Smectic defects thereby include…