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  • Twist disclinations mediated transformations in confined nematic liquid crystals [Elektronski vir]
    Svetec, Milan ...
    We studied numerically structural transformations in different confined nematic liquid crystals (LC) mediated by chargeless (twist) disclinations. Firstly, we focus on the role of twist disclinations ... in Moir'e-type geometrical setup where LC is confined in a plane-parallel cell. We impose an azimuthal rotation to initially parallel wedge disclinations where the total topological charge of the system equals to zero. Two qualitatively different scenarii are observed depending on the cell thickness. In thin enough cells the disclinations touch in the mid-plane which enables continuous transformation into a final structure consisting of two twist disclinations confined to the limiting substrates. On the other hand, in thinner cells an additional chargeless loop is formed in the mid-plane. In this case, on rotating the initially parallel disclinations periodic structural reentrant behavior is observed. In cylindrical geometry we considered transformations between the initial metastable escaped radial structure with point defects (ERPD) into escaped radial (ER) or planar polar structure with line defects (PPLD). In both cases two nearby ring-like point defects within the ERPD structure collide and temporarily form a chargeless twist disclination loop. The latter in the ERPD-ER transformation shrinks and enables continuous transformation into the final thermodynamically stable structure. On the contrary, in the ERPD-PPLD transformation the twist loop, whose local structure matches PPLD configuration, increases and converts the system continuously into the global PPLD configuration. Detailed understanding of chargeless defect mediated transformations is beneficial for development of future switching devices based on continuous nematic structural transformations between LC structures exhibiting significantly different optical features.
    Vir: Journal of molecular liquids [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 1873-3166 (Vol. 414, part B, [article no.] 126138, 15 Nov. 2024, 10 str.)
    Vrsta gradiva - e-članek ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2024
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 214061315

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    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167732224021974?via%3Dihub
    Repozitorij Univerze v Ljubljani – RUL
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