2 papers
cond-mat.soft2023
Topological transformations of a nematic drop
Runa Koizumi, Dmitry Golovaty, Ali Alqarni +3
Morphogenesis of living systems involves topological shape transformations which are highly unusual in the inanimate world. Here we demonstrate that a droplet of a nematic liquid c…
cond-mat.soft2022
Toroidal nuclei of columnar lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals coexisting with isotropic phase
Runa Koizumi, Dmitry Golovaty, Ali Alqarni +4
Nuclei of ordered materials emerging from the isotropic state usually show a shape topologically equivalent to a sphere; the well-known examples are crystals and nematic liquid cry…