Spontaneous electric-polarization topology in confined ferroelectric nematics

Jidan Yang; Yu Zou; Wentao Tang; Jinxing Li; Mingjun Huang; Satoshi Aya

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35443-7

Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Spontaneous electric-polarization topology in confined ferroelectric nematics

Jidan Yang,
Yu Zou,
Wentao Tang,
Jinxing Li,
Mingjun Huang,
Satoshi Aya

Affiliations

Jidan Yang: South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology
Yu Zou: South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology
Wentao Tang: South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology
Jinxing Li: South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology
Mingjun Huang: South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology
Satoshi Aya: South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35443-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Though magnetic and electric states are closely related, many magnetic states cannot find their electric counterparts. Here, the authors report electric variants of merons in thin films of the emerging liquid-matter state, i.e., ferroelectric nematic.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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