353 citations · 353 across the 1 of their papers we have counts for
4 papers
Defect annihilation and proliferation in active nematics
Luca Giomi, Mark J. Bowick, Xu Ma +1
Liquid crystals inevitably possess topological defect excitations generated through boundary conditions, applied fields or in quenches to the ordered phase. In equilibrium pairs of…
Planar sheets meet negative curvature liquid interfaces
Zhenwei Yao, Mark Bowick, Xu Ma +1
If an inextensible thin sheet is adhered to a substrate with a negative Gaussian curvature it will experience stress due to geometric frustration. We analyze the consequences of su…
Molecular Tilt on Monolayer-Protected Nanoparticles
Luca Giomi, Mark J. Bowick, Xu Ma +1
The structure of the tilted phase of monolayer-protected nanoparticles is investigated by means of a simple Ginzburg-Landau model. The theory contains two dimensionless parameters…
The Electric Double Layer Structure Around Charged Spherical Interfaces
Zhenwei Yao, Mark J. Bowick, Xu Ma
We derive a formally simple approximate analytical solution to the Poisson-Boltzmann equation for the spherical system via a geometric mapping. Its regime of applicability in the p…