3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026
Field-Programmable Topological Torons in Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals
Adithya Pradeep, Urban Mur, Ji Qin +7
Torons are three-dimensional double-twist solitons in chiral nematic liquid crystals that form localised director configurations protected by topology and bounded by closed defect…
physics.optics2025
Full vectorial field sensing using liquid crystal droplet arrays
Xuke Qiu, Jinge Guo, Jiahe Cui +8
Determining the amplitude, phase, and polarization profile of light is essential for both fundamental scientific discovery and applications spanning optical metrology, microscopy,…
physics.optics2025
Complex structured light generation using printed liquid crystal droplets
Xuke Qiu, Runchen Zhang, Yifei Ma +10
Inkjet-printed liquid crystal (LC) droplets exhibit an intricate spatially-varying birefringence due to their complex internal director configuration. While such anisotropy is ofte…