Topological zoo of free-standing knots in confined chiral nematic fluids

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Seč, David ^a   Čopar, Simon ^a,b   Žumer, Slobodan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOID; CRYSTAL PROPERTY; DROPLET; FLUID MECHANICS; LIGHT EFFECT; LIQUID; TOPOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; COMPRESSION; COOL DOWN; FREE STANDING KNOT; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MATERIAL STATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STEADY STATE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84901025387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4057     Document Type: Article

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