4 papers
Mapping the discrete folding landscape
João C. Neves, Bernardo R. Marques, Cristóvão S. Dias +1
Folding is emerging as a promising manufacturing process to transform flat materials into functional structures, offering efficiency by reducing the need for welding, gluing, and m…
Rigid m-percolation in limited-valence gels
J. C. Neves, J. M. Tavares, N. A. M. Araújo +1
Determining the onset of rigidity in gels is a fundamental challenge with significant practical implications across different applications. Limited-valence, or patchy-particle syst…
Convolutional Neural Network analysis of optical texture patterns in liquid-crystal skyrmions
J. Terroa, M. Tasinkevych, C. S. Dias
Liquid crystals are known for their optical birefringence, a property that gives rise to intricate patterns and colors when viewed in a microscope between crossed polarisers. Resul…
Liquid crystal skyrmions as elastic multipoles
Allison W. Teixeira, Cristóvão S. Dias, Mykola Tasinkevych
Solitons in liquid crystals are spatially localised stable configuration of the liquid crystal orientational order parameter that exhibit emergent particle-like properties such as…