Simon Čopar (Avtor), Miha Ravnik (Avtor), Slobodan Žumer (Avtor)

Povzetek

In this brief review, we give an introduction to selected colloidal and microfluidic nematic microstructures, as enabled by the inherent anisotropy and microscopic orientational ordering in complex liquid crystalline materials. We give a brief overview of the mesoscopic theory, for equilibrium and dynamics, of nematic fluids, that provides the framework for understanding, characterization, and even prediction of such microstructures, with particular comment also on the role of topology and topological defects. Three types of nematic microstructures are highlighted: stable or metastable structures in nematic colloids based on spherical colloidal particles, stationary nematic microfluidic structures, and ferromagnetic liquid crystal structures based on magnetic colloidal particles. Finally, this paper is in honor of Noel A. Clark, as one of the world pioneers that helped to shape this field of complex and functional soft matter, contributing at different levels to works of various groups worldwide, including ours.

Ključne besede

fizika mehke snovi;tekoči kristali;nematiki;mikrofluidika;topologija;soft matter physics;liquid crystals;nematics;microfluidics;topology;

Podatki

Jezik: Angleški jezik
Leto izida:
Tipologija: 1.02 - Pregledni znanstveni članek
Organizacija: UL FMF - Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko
UDK: 538.9
COBISS: 73231619 Povezava se bo odprla v novem oknu
ISSN: 2073-4352
Št. ogledov: 127
Št. prenosov: 44
Ocena: 0 (0 glasov)
Metapodatki: JSON JSON-RDF JSON-LD TURTLE N-TRIPLES XML RDFA MICRODATA DC-XML DC-RDF RDF

Ostali podatki

Sekundarni jezik: Slovenski jezik
Sekundarne ključne besede: fizika mehke snovi;tekoči kristali;nematiki;mikrofluidika;topologija;
Vrsta dela (COBISS): Članek v reviji
Strani: 21 str.
Letnik: ǂVol. ǂ11
Zvezek: ǂart. no. ǂ956
Čas izdaje: Aug. 2021
DOI: 10.3390/cryst11080956
ID: 14947350