Controlled Mesoscopic Growth of Polymeric Fibers Using Liquid Crystal Template

JY Han, K Kim, C Lee, DK Yoon - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Orientation‐controlled polymeric fiber is one of the most exciting research topics to
rationalize the multifunctionality for various applications. In order to realize this goal, the …

Active transformations of topological structures in light-driven nematic disclination networks

J Jiang, K Ranabhat, X Wang, H Rich… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Topological structures, such as topological defects, solitons, and vortices, are key to
understanding the collective dynamics and spontaneous flows in active soft matter and are …

Moiré effect enables versatile design of topological defects in nematic liquid crystals

X Wang, J Jiang, J Chen, Z Asilehan, W Tang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Recent advances in surface-patterning techniques of liquid crystals have enabled the
precise creation of topological defects, which promise a variety of emergent applications …

Collective transport and reconfigurable assembly of nematic colloids by light-driven cooperative molecular reorientations

J Jiang, X Wang, OI Akomolafe… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Nanomotors in nature have inspired scientists to design synthetic molecular motors to drive
the motion of microscale objects by cooperative action. Light-driven molecular motors have …

Fabrication of scratched nanogrooves for highly oriented cell alignment and application as a wound healing dressing

MJ Shin, SH Im, B Kim, J Choi, SE Lucia… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Using improper wound care materials may cause impaired wound healing, which can
involve scar formation and infection. Herein, we propose a facile method to fabricate a cell …

Patterned hydrophobic liquid crystalline fibers fabricated from defect arrays of reactive mesogens via electric field modulation

K Kim, C Lee, DK Yoon - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023 - ACS Publications
We have fabricated patterned fibers using a small-molecular-weight liquid crystal (LC) and
reactive mesogens (RMs) under controlled electric fields in which defect arrays are …

Shape morphing by topological patterns and profiles in laser-cut liquid crystal elastomer kirigami

J Chen, J Jiang, J Weber… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Programming shape changes in soft materials requires precise control of the directionality
and magnitude of their mechanical response. Among ordered soft materials, liquid crystal …

Topology-driven collective dynamics of nematic colloidal entanglement

J Jiang, OI Akomolafe, X Wang, Z Asilehan… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Entanglement in a soft condensed matter system is enabled in the form of entangled
disclination lines by using colloidal particles in nematic liquid crystals. These topological …

Light-driven dancing of nematic colloids in fractional skyrmions and bimerons

Z Asilehan, W Tang, J Zhang, Z Chen, R Wang… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
Materials with full and fractional skyrmions are important for fundamental studies and can be
applied as information carriers for applications in spintronics or skyrmionics. However …

[HTML][HTML] 软光子拓扑结构的研究进展

杨林, 邹鑫, 蒙翠玲 - Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and …, 2024 - opticsjournal.net
摘要将拓扑引入液晶微纳光子系统而形成的新颖构态被称为软光子拓扑结构.
液晶作为一种各向异性的软物质, 为不同维度的拓扑结构构筑提供了良好的载体**台 …