Electrically powered locomotion of dual-nature colloid-hedgehog and colloid-umbilic topological and elastic dipoles in liquid crystals

Bohdan Senyuk, Richmond E. Adufu, Ivan I. Smalyukh

Colloidal particles in liquid crystals tend to induce topological defects and distortions of the molecular alignment within the surrounding anisotropic host medium, which results i…