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We present a brief overview of recent development in the field of nematic colloids with an emphasis on the topology of colloidal structures and recently discovered topologically nontrivial defect configurations. Nematic colloids are complex ...

We stabilize nematic droplets with handles against surface tension-driven instabilities, using a yield-stress material as outer fluid, and study the complex nematic textures and defect structures that result from the competition between topological ...

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Adam 2 will sport a dual-display - a 10.1-inch IPS HD 1280x800p screen on top and a thin STN (Super Twisted Nematic) display panel at the spine of tablet to show any important notifications and other secondary information. Notion Ink's tablet packs ...

In membranes with nematic liquid-crystalline order, there is a geometric coupling between the nematic director and the shape: Nonuniformity in the director induces curvature, and curvature provides an effective potential acting on the director. For ...

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Liquid-crystalline (LC) physical gels with high modulus and low driving voltage were prepared through the self-assembly of sorbitol derivatives as gelators in nematic liquid crystal, 4-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (5CB). The structure difference among ...

A toroidal droplet made of a nematic liquid crystal material is shown inside a polymeric material. About a millimeter in overall size, the droplets are produced individually, their shapes maintained by the surrounding springy material made of ...

We have investigated the effects of a low frequency electric field on the thermotropic behavior of a nematogenic bent-core liquid crystal by means of X-ray diffraction. We have determined for the first time the 2D phase diagram of the bent-core ...