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Topological Formations in Chiral Nematic Droplets

✍ Scribed by Gregor Posnjak


Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2018
Tongue
English
Leaves
192
Series
Springer Theses
Edition
1st ed.
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


In this book Gregor Posnjak unravels the long-standing mystery of the internal director structure of chiral nematic droplets, which has been studied both experimentally and theoretically since the 1970s. To do so, he develops a new method for the reconstruction of director fields from a set of fluorescent confocal polarising microscopy images, which he augments with a simulated annealing algorithm. This allows the full reconstruction of 3D director fields, describing the ordering of the liquid crystal. The reconstruction procedure and its principles, which are applicable to other methods of studying vector fields, are explained in detail. The method is subsequently used to explore complex 3D structures in chiral nematic liquid crystal droplets with perpendicular surface anchoring. Twentyfour distinct states are identified and presented, including the layered structures of different symmetries and states with multiple topological point defects, separated by localized chiral structures. In closing, the book reports on the first observation of topological point defects with higher topological charges q = βˆ’2 and q = βˆ’3.

✦ Table of Contents


Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Introduction (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 1-3
Liquid Crystalsβ€”An Overview (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 5-27
Liquid Crystal Droplets (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 29-39
Experimental Inspection of Director Fields (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 41-51
Materials and Experimental Setup (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 53-62
Simulated Annealing for Determination of z-Component Sign (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 63-87
Structures in Chiral Nematic Droplets with Homeotropic Anchoring (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 89-160
Schematic Construction of Droplets with Multiple Cholesteric Bubbles (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 161-168
Discussion (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 169-181
Conclusion (Gregor Posnjak)....Pages 183-186

✦ Subjects


Physics; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics; Optical and Electronic Materials; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems


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