3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Chaos-generating periodic orbits of topological defects in confined active nematics
Brandon Klein, Alejandro J. Soto Franco, Md Mainul Hasan Sabbir +5
Active nematics in two dimensions stir themselves efficiently through internally generated chaotic flows, largely driven by motile disclinations. We investigate how this ten…
cond-mat.soft2026
Chirality Amplification and Chiral Segregation in Liquid Crystals
Matthew J. Deutsch, Robin L. B. Selinger, Paul van der Schoot
Liquid crystal mesophases of achiral molecules are normally achiral, yet in a few materials they spontaneously segregate and form right- and left-handed chiral domains. One mechani…
cond-mat.soft2025
Multistable polar textures in geometrically frustrated nematic liquid crystals
Ufuoma I. Kara, Boyuan Chen, Simon Äopar +10
The ability to manipulate polar entities with multiple external fields opens exciting possibilities for emerging functionalities and novel applications in spin systems, photonics,…