Blue phase (BP) liquid crystals are chiral fluids wherein millions of molecules self-assemble
into cubic lattices that are on the order of hundred nanometers. As the unit cell sizes of BPs …

Widely known for their uses in displays and electro-optics, liquid crystals are more than just
technological marvels. They vividly reveal the topology and structure of various solitonic and …

Recent experimental realization of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phases stimulated
material development and numerous experimental studies of these phases, guided by their …

Liquid crystals are widely known for their technological uses in displays, electro-optics,
photonics and nonlinear optics, but these applications typically rely on defining and …

Topological textures have fascinated people in different areas of physics and technologies.
However, the observations are limited in magnetic and solid-state ferroelectric systems …

Topological defects in liquid crystals (LCs) have been widely used to organize colloidal
dispersions and template polymerization, leading to a range of assemblies, elastomers and …

Recently, a type of ferroelectric nematic fluid has been discovered in liquid crystals in which
the molecular polar nature at molecule level is amplified to macroscopic scales through a …

Topological solitons commonly appear as energy-minimizing field configurations, but
examples of stable, spatially localized objects with coexisting solitonic structures and …

This pedagogical overview of liquid crystals is based on lectures for postgraduate students
given at the International Max Planck Research School “Modeling of Soft Matter”. I am …

Tying knots and linking microscopic loops of polymers, macromolecules, or defect lines in
complex materials is a challenging task for material scientists. We demonstrate the knotting …