Tuning the defect configurations in nematic and smectic liquid crystalline shells

A new era for liquid crystal research: Applications of liquid crystals in soft matter nano-, bio- and microtechnology

(2012) Jan P.F. Lagerwall et al.   CURRENT APPLIED PHYSICS

Defect trajectories in nematic shells: Role of elastic anisotropy and thickness heterogeneity

(2012) David Seč et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Towards tunable defect arrangements in smectic liquid crystal shells utilizing the nematic–smectic transition in hybrid-aligned geometries

(2012) Hsin-Ling Liang et al.   Soft Matter

One-piece micropumps from liquid crystalline core-shell particles

(2012) Eva-Kristina Fleischmann et al.   Nature Communications

Liquid Crystals in Novel Geometries Prepared by Microfluidics and Electrospinning

(2011) Hsin-Ling Liang et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Frustrated nematic order in spherical geometries

(2011) T. Lopez-Leon et al.   Nature Physics

Nematic-Smectic Transition in Spherical Shells

(2011) Teresa Lopez-Leon et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Inelastic Collisions and Anisotropic Aggregation of Particles in a Nematic Collider Driven by Backflow

(2011) Oleg P. Pishnyak et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Nematic-Smectic Transition under Confinement in Liquid Crystalline Colloidal Shells

(2011) Hsin-Ling Liang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Reconfigurable Knots and Links in Chiral Nematic Colloids

(2011) U. Tkalec et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular manipulator driven by spatial variation of liquid-crystalline order

(2010) Sadaki Samitsu et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Liquid Crystal Emulsions as the Basis of Biological Sensors for the Optical Detection of Bacteria and Viruses

(2009) Sri Sivakumar et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Liquids with conics

(2009) M. Kleman et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Topological Defects in Spherical Nematics

(2008) Homin Shin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Inclusions in free standing smectic liquid crystal films

(2008) Christian Bohley et al.   Soft Matter