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Self-assembly of hard helices: a rich and unconventional polymorphism
Hima Bindu Kolli, Elisa Frezza, Giorgio Cinacchi +5
Hard helices can be regarded as a paradigmatic elementary model for a number of natural and synthetic soft matter systems, all featuring the helix as their basic structural unit: f…
Left or right cholesterics? A matter of helix handedness and curliness
Elisa Frezza, Alberta Ferrarini, Hima Bindu Kolli +2
We have investigated the relationship between the morphology of helical particles and the features of the cholesteric (N) phase that they form. Using an Onsager-like theory…
From rods to helices: evidence of a screw-like nematic phase
Hima Bindu Kolli, Elisa Frezza, Giorgio Cinacchi +3
Evidence of a special chiral nematic phase is provided using numerical simulation and Onsager theory for systems of hard helical particles. This phase appears at the high density e…