A liquid crystal (LC) is an intermediate phase between a liquid and solid whose molecular
orientation can be well-ordered, but the shape of the bulk LC material is like a flow. As the …

In this brief review, we give an introduction to selected colloidal and microfluidic nematic
microstructures, as enabled by the inherent anisotropy and microscopic orientational …

We investigate numerically the motion of active elongated colloidal particles in a nematic
liquid crystal. Active particles imposing three different anchoring conditions on the …

Liquid crystals (LCs), as the remarkable optical materials possessing stimuli-responsive
property and optical modulation property simultaneously, have been utilized to fabricate a …

Nematic multiparticle collision dynamics is used to simulate disclination ring defects around
spherocylinders suspended in a liquid crystal. A solvent-solute interaction potential is …

Spherical microparticles dispersed in nematic liquid crystals have been extensively
investigated in the past years. Here, experimental studies are reported on the elastic …

Rapid surface charge map** of a solid surface remains a challenge. In this study, we
present a novel microchip based on liquid crystals for assessing the surface charge …

The transport of microparticles in fluids is of current interest and controlling their trajectories
at will is of paramount importance for fundamental research and applications. Here, we …

Nonlinear electrophoresis in complex fluids like nematic liquid crystals provides new
pathways toward achieving precisely controlled motion and assembly of microscopic …

We use the Landau-de Gennes energy to describe a particle immersed into nematic liquid
crystals with a constant applied magnetic field. We derive a limit energy in a regime where …