Field-driven pattern formation in nematic liquid crystals: mesoscopic simulations of electroconvection

Kuang-Wu Lee; Thorsten Pöschel

doi:10.1039/c7ra06757g

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Field-driven pattern formation in nematic liquid crystals: mesoscopic simulations of electroconvection

Kuang-Wu Lee Thorsten Pöschel

Year: 2017 Journal: RSC Advances Vol: 7 (67)Pages: 42218-42224 Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry

DOI: 10.1039/c7ra06757g

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Abstract

Directional flow, which has the potential for precise colloidal transportation, is found in liquid crystal microfluidics under an external electric field.

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Liquid crystal Mesoscopic physics Electric field Microfluidics Electrohydrodynamics Materials science Field (mathematics) Colloid Nanotechnology Condensed matter physics Chemical physics Chemistry Physics Optoelectronics Physical chemistry

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