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Cates, M (University of Edinburgh)
Tuesday 25 June 2013, 09:45-10:30
Colloidal Doping of Cholesterics and Blue Phases
- đ¤ Speaker: Cates, M (University of Edinburgh)
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 25 June 2013, 09:45 - 10:30
- đ Venue: Seminar Room 1 Newton Institute
Abstract
At the interface between a cholesteric phase and an isotropic fluid, an array of defects arises. This creates for embedded colloidal particles a free energy landscape that depends on the ratio of colloid size to cholesteric pitch and on the strength of anchoring at the colloid-cholesteric interface. I shall outline recent experiments and simulations that probe this landscape. A somewhat similar situation arises when colloids are added to blue phases, for which the defect array is not interfacial but permeates the bulk phase. Preliminary simulations suggest a variety of structures, many metastable, with interesting transitions inducible by external fields and/or flow.
Series This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.
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