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Double symmetry breaking in filamentous colloidal tactoids

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Under shear flow, filamentous tactoids undergo a double symmetry breaking in both shape and internal director field. The direction of the asymmetry switches when the mesoscopic chirality of the colloids is inverted, revealing how mesoscopic structure governs macroscopic behavior.

Source: Soft Matter

DOI: 10.1039/d5sm00236b

Authors: Madina Almukambetova, Hamed Almohammadi, Florine Schleiffer, Raffaele Mezzenga

Institutions: ETH Zurich, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Liquid Crystal Research Advancements

Subfield: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4411495275

FWCI: 0.162

Cites: 40

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10