| Title: | Coupling of nematic in-plane orientational ordering and equilibrium shapes of closed flexible nematic shells |
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| Authors: | ID Mesarec, Luka (Author)
ID Góźdź, Wojciech (Author)
ID Kralj-Iglič, Veronika (Author)
ID Kralj, Samo (Author)
ID Iglič, Aleš (Author) |
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| Files: |  Mesarec-2023-Coupling_of_nematic_in-plane_orie.pdf (2,66 MB)
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 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37664-2
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| Language: | English |
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| Work type: | Scientific work |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: | FNM - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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| Abstract: | 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 far not predicted in mesoscopic-type numerical studies of 3D shapes of closed flexible nematic shells. |
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| Keywords: | orientational ordering, curved nematic molecules, flexible nematic shells, equilibrium shapes, relative volume |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 01.07.2023 |
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| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
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| Year of publishing: | 2023 |
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| Number of pages: | Str. 1-11 |
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| Numbering: | Letn. 13, Št. članka 10663 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DKUM-87714  |
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| UDC: | 544.252.22 |
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| ISSN on article: | 2045-2322 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 157604867 |
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| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-023-37664-2 |
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| Publication date in DKUM: | 25.03.2024 |
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| Views: | 428 |
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| Downloads: | 25 |
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| Categories: | Misc.
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