Collective dynamics and conformal ordering in electrophoretically driven nematic colloids
We present a theoretical framework to understand the collective dynamics of an ensemble of electrophoret-ically driven colloidal particles that are forced to assemble around a single topological defect in a nematicliquid crystal by an alternating current electric field. Our generic model combines ph...
| Autores: | , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/143324 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/143324 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Col·loides Electroforesi Colloids Electrophoresis |
| Sumario: | We present a theoretical framework to understand the collective dynamics of an ensemble of electrophoret-ically driven colloidal particles that are forced to assemble around a single topological defect in a nematicliquid crystal by an alternating current electric field. Our generic model combines phoretic propulsion withelectrostatic interactions and liquid-crystal-mediated hydrodynamics, which are effectively cast into a long-rangeinterparticle repulsion, while nematic elasticity plays a subdominant role. Simulations based on this modelfully capture the collective organization process observed in the experiments and other striking effects as theemergence of conformal ordering and a nearly frequency-independent repulsive interaction above 10 Hz. Ourresults demonstrate the importance of hydrodynamic interactions on the assembly of driven microscale matter inanisotropic media. |
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