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Two-Dimensional Matter: Order, Curvature and Defects
Mark J. Bowick, Luca Giomi
Many systems in nature and the synthetic world involve ordered arrangements of units on two-dimensional surfaces. We review here the fundamental role payed by both the topology of…
Elastic Theory of Defects in Toroidal Crystals
Luca Giomi, Mark J. Bowick
We report a comprehensive analysis of the ground state properties of axisymmetric toroidal crystals based on the elastic theory of defects on curved substrates. The ground state is…
Complex Spontaneous Flows and Concentration Banding in Active Polar Films
Luca Giomi, M. Cristina Marchetti, Tanniemola B. Liverpool
We study the dynamical properties of active polar liquid crystalline films. Like active nematic films, active polar films undergo a dynamical transitions to spontaneously flowing s…
Toroidal Crystals
Luca Giomi, Mark J. Bowick
Crystalline assemblages of identical sub-units packed together and elastically bent in the form of a torus have been found in the past ten years in a variety of systems of surprisi…