Large-scale self-organization of reconfigurable topological defect networks in nematic liquid crystals.

Abstract:

:Topological defects in nematic liquid crystals are ubiquitous. The defects are important in understanding the fundamental properties of the systems, as well as in practical applications, such as colloidal self-assembly, optical vortex generation and templates for molecular self-assembly. Usually, spatially and temporally stable defects require geometrical frustration imposed by surfaces; otherwise, the system relaxes because of the high cost of the elastic energy. So far, multiple defects are kept in bulk nematic liquid crystals by top-down lithographic techniques. In this work, we stabilize a large number of umbilical defects by doping with an ionic impurity. This method does not require pre-patterned surfaces. We demonstrate that molecular reorientation controlled by an AC voltage induces periodic density modulation of ions accumulated at an electrically insulating polymer interface, resulting in self-organization of a two-dimensional square array of umbilical defects that is reconfigurable and tunable.

journal_name

Nat Commun

journal_title

Nature communications

authors

Sasaki Y,Jampani VSR,Tanaka C,Sakurai N,Sakane S,Le KV,Araoka F,Orihara H

doi

10.1038/ncomms13238

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-11-07 00:00:00

pages

13238

issn

2041-1723

pii

ncomms13238

journal_volume

7

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