シアライメントされたリビング液晶におけるベンド不安定性とトポロジカル乱流
Hend Baza1,2, Fei Chen3, Taras Turiv1,4
1Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242, USA. olavrent@kent.edu.
Soft matter
|December 12, 2025
まとめ
液晶中のべん毛を持つマイクロスイマーは、せん断配向からトポロジカル乱流へと遷移する。活性力は波動を駆動し、ディスシナペアを介して応力を解放し、リビング液晶に複雑な動的パターンを生成する。
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