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Curved confinement directs anchoring-mediated structural transitions in highly chiral liquid crystal shells

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This work reveals the intricate interplay between curvature, shell thickness, and anchoring asymmetry in governing structural transitions, dynamic behavior, and defect morphologies in highly chiral cholesteric liquid crystal shells.

Source: Molecular Systems Design & Engineering

DOI: 10.1039/d5me00070j

Authors: Sepideh Norouzi, Jeremy Money, Stiven Villada-Gil, José A. Martínez-González, Monirosadat Sadati

Institutions: University of South Carolina, Politécnico Colombiano Jaime Isaza Cadavid, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí

Language: English

Topic: Liquid Crystal Research Advancements

Subfield: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: National Science Foundation

Award: CAREER: Crystallization of Chiral Liquid Crystals Under Curved Confinement

OpenAlex ID: W4412822198

FWCI: 0.319

Cites: 37

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10