Colloidal self-assembly approaches to smart nanostructured materials
Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …
Nature‐inspired emerging chiral liquid crystal nanostructures: from molecular self‐assembly to DNA mesophase and nanocolloids
Liquid crystals (LCs) are omnipresent in living matter, whose chirality is an elegant and
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …
distinct feature in certain plant tissues, the cuticles of crabs, beetles, arthropods, and …
Anisotropic magnetic nanoparticles: A review of their properties, syntheses and potential applications
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are of great scientific interest because of the size effect
associated with their magnetic properties and, even more so, because of their wide-ranging …
associated with their magnetic properties and, even more so, because of their wide-ranging …
Knots and other new topological effects in liquid crystals and colloids
II Smalyukh - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Humankind has been obsessed with knots in religion, culture and daily life for millennia,
while physicists like Gauss, Kelvin and Maxwell already involved them in models centuries …
while physicists like Gauss, Kelvin and Maxwell already involved them in models centuries …
Spontaneous helielectric nematic liquid crystals: Electric analog to helimagnets
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 …
the molecular polar nature at molecule level is amplified to macroscopic scales through a …
Liquid crystal defect structures with Möbius strip topology
Topological solitons commonly appear as energy-minimizing field configurations, but
examples of stable, spatially localized objects with coexisting solitonic structures and …
examples of stable, spatially localized objects with coexisting solitonic structures and …
Diversity of knot solitons in liquid crystals manifested by linking of preimages in torons and hopfions
Topological solitons are knots in continuous physical fields classified by nonzero Hopf index
values. Despite arising in theories that span many branches of physics, from elementary …
values. Despite arising in theories that span many branches of physics, from elementary …
Liquid crystal colloids
II Smalyukh - Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Colloids are abundant in nature, science, and technology, with examples ranging from milk
to quantum dots and the colloidal atom paradigm. Similarly, liquid crystal ordering is …
to quantum dots and the colloidal atom paradigm. Similarly, liquid crystal ordering is …
Static three-dimensional topological solitons in fluid chiral ferromagnets and colloids
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) topological solitons are continuous but topologically
nontrivial field configurations localized in 3D space and embedded in a uniform far-field …
nontrivial field configurations localized in 3D space and embedded in a uniform far-field …
Hopfions, heliknotons, skyrmions, torons and both abelian and nonabelian vortices in chiral liquid crystals
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 …
technological marvels. They vividly reveal the topology and structure of various solitonic and …