Programming emergent symmetries with saddle-splay elasticity

Yu Xia; Andrew A. DeBenedictis; Dae Seok Kim; Shenglan Chen; Se-Um Kim; Douglas J. Cleaver; Timothy J. Atherton; Shu Yang

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13012-9

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Programming emergent symmetries with saddle-splay elasticity

Yu Xia,
Andrew A. DeBenedictis,
Dae Seok Kim,
Shenglan Chen,
Se-Um Kim,
Douglas J. Cleaver,
Timothy J. Atherton,
Shu Yang

Affiliations

Yu Xia: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Andrew A. DeBenedictis: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University
Dae Seok Kim: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Shenglan Chen: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Se-Um Kim: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Douglas J. Cleaver: Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University
Timothy J. Atherton: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University
Shu Yang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13012-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Liquid crystals are used for devices with increasingly complex geometries which makes it important to understand the influence of deformation. Xia et al. measure the poorly investigated saddle-splay elastic constant by means of surface patterning and simulation for programming emergent symmetries.

Published in Nature Communications

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