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Hybridization of colloidal handlebodies with singular defects and topological solitons in chiral liquid crystals
Jun-Yong Lee, Asha Kumari, Ye Yuan +2
Topology can manifest itself in colloids when quantified by invariants like Euler characteristics of nonzero-genus colloidal surfaces, albeit spherical colloidal particles are most…
Intelligent Soft Matter: Towards Embodied Intelligence
Vladimir A. Baulin, Achille Giacometti, Dmitry Fedosov +24
Intelligent soft matter stands at the intersection of materials science, physics, and cognitive science, promising to change how we design and interact with materials. This transfo…
Chiral, Topological, and Knotted Colloids in Liquid Crystals
Ye Yuan, Ivan I. Smalyukh
The geometric shape, symmetry, and topology of colloidal particles often allow for controlling colloidal phase behavior and physical properties of these soft matter systems. In liq…
Elastomeric Nematic Colloids, Colloidal Crystals and Microstructures with Complex Topology
Ye Yuan, Patrick Keller, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Control of physical behaviors of nematic colloids and colloidal crystals has been demonstrated by tuning particle shape, topology, chirality and surface charging. However, the capa…
Self-assembled nematic colloidal motors powered by light
Ye Yuan, Ghaneema N. Abuhaimed, Qingkun Liu +1
Biological motors are marvels of nature that inspire creation of their synthetic counterparts with comparable nanoscale dimensions, high efficiency and diverse functions. Molecular…
Colloidal interactions and unusual crystallization versus de-mixing of elastic multipoles formed by gold mesoflowers
Ye Yuan, Mykola Tasinkevych, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Colloidal interactions in nematic liquid crystals can be described as interactions between elastic multipoles that depend on particle shape, topology, chirality, boundary condition…
Elastic colloidal monopoles and reconfigurable self-assembly in liquid crystals
Ye Yuan, Qingkun Liu, Bohdan Senyuk +1
Monopole-like electrostatic interactions are ubiquitous in biology and condensed matter, but they are often screened by counter-ions and cannot be switched from attractive to repul…
Chiral liquid crystal colloids
Ye Yuan, Angel Martinez, Bohdan Senyuk +2
Colloidal particles disturb the alignment of rod-like molecules of liquid crystals, giving rise to long-range interactions that minimize the free energy of distorted regions. Parti…
Edge pinning and transformation of defect lines induced by faceted colloidal rings in nematic liquid crystals
Bohdan Senyuk, Qingkun Liu, Ye Yuan +1
Nematic colloids exhibit a large diversity of topological defects and structures induced by colloidal particles in the orientationally ordered liquid crystal host fluids. These def…
Topological nanocolloids with facile electric switching of plasmonic properties
Ye Yuan, Ivan I. Smalyukh
Combining topology and plasmonics paradigms in nanocolloidal systems may enable new means of pre-engineering desired composite material properties. Here we design and realize orien…