Relaxation dynamics in bio-colloidal cholesteric liquid crystals confined to cylindrical geometry

Sayyed Ahmad Khadem; Massimo Bagnani; Raffaele Mezzenga; Alejandro D. Rey

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18421-9

Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Relaxation dynamics in bio-colloidal cholesteric liquid crystals confined to cylindrical geometry

Sayyed Ahmad Khadem,
Massimo Bagnani,
Raffaele Mezzenga,
Alejandro D. Rey

Affiliations

Sayyed Ahmad Khadem: Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University
Massimo Bagnani: Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich
Raffaele Mezzenga: Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich
Alejandro D. Rey: Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18421-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Relaxation of liquid crystals is crucial in a broad area, e.g. biomimicry and stimuli-responsive material design. Here Khadem et al explore distinct relaxations, reveal the corresponding physics and propose a novel method for estimating viscoelastic properties without applying external fields.

Published in Nature Communications

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