High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms

Bohdan Senyuk; Jure Aplinc; Miha Ravnik; Ivan I. Smalyukh

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09777-8

Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

High-order elastic multipoles as colloidal atoms

Bohdan Senyuk,
Jure Aplinc,
Miha Ravnik,
Ivan I. Smalyukh

Affiliations

Bohdan Senyuk: Department of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado
Jure Aplinc: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
Miha Ravnik: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana
Ivan I. Smalyukh: Department of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09777-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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When colloidal particles are placed into a liquid crystal host the anisotropic surface interactions produce spatial elastic distortions described as elastic multipoles. Here the authors provide a recipe to construct higher order multipoles, in particular the 16-, 32-, and 64-poles.

Published in Nature Communications

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