Coupling of nematic in-plane orientational ordering and equilibrium shapes of closed flexible nematic shells

Mesarec, Luka (avtor), Góźdź, Wojciech (avtor), Kralj-Iglič, Veronika (avtor), Kralj, Samo (avtor), Iglič, Aleš (avtor)

The impact of the intrinsic curvature of in-plane orientationally ordered curved flexible nematic molecules attached to closed 3D flexible shells was studied numerically. A Helfrich-Landau-de Gennes-type mesoscopic approach was adopted where the flexible shell’s curvature field and in-plane nematic field are coupled and concomitantly determined in the process of free energy minimisation. We demonstrate that this coupling has the potential to generate a rich diversity of qualitatively new shapes of closed 3D nematic shells and the corresponding specific in-plane orientational ordering textures, which strongly depend on the shell’s volume-to-surface area ratio, so farnot predicted in mesoscopic-type numerical studies of 3D shapes of closed flexible nematic shells.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: orientational ordering, curved nematic molecules, flexible nematic shells, equilibrium shapes, relative volume
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FE - Fakulteta za elektrotehniko; ZF - Zdravstvena fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2023
• Št. strani: Str. 1-11
• Številčenje: 13, article number 10663
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-148227
• UDK: 544.252.22
• ISSN pri članku: 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37664-2
• COBISS.SI-ID: 157604867
• Datum objave v RUL: 03.08.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Scientific reports
• Skrajšan naslov: Sci. rep.
• Založnik: Nature Publishing Group
• ISSN: 2045-2322
• COBISS.SI-ID: 18727432

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
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Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: orientacijski red, ukrivljene nematične molekule, fleksibilne nematične lupine, ravnovesne oblike, relativni volumen