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Curvature-driven migration of colloids on lipid bilayers
Ningwei Li, Nima Sharifi-Mood, Fuquan Tu +4
Colloids and proteins alike can bind to lipid bilayers and move laterally in these two-dimensional fluids. Inspired by proteins that generate membrane curvature, sense the underlyi…
Lassoing saddle splay and the geometrical control of topological defects
Lisa Tran, Maxim O. Lavrentovich, Daniel A. Beller +3
Systems with holes, such as colloidal handlebodies and toroidal droplets, have been studied in the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) 4-cyano-4'-pentylbiphenyl (5CB): both point and ring…
Experimental realization of the "lock-and-key" mechanism in liquid crystals
Yimin Luo, Francesca Serra, Kathleen J. Stebe
The ability to control the movement and assembly of particles in liquid crystals is not only an important route to design functional materials, but also sheds light on the mechanis…