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arXiv 1706.09009cond-mat.softcond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.stat-mech
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曲率驱动的球形盘上织构缺陷的稳定性

Curvature-driven stability of defects in nematic textures over spherical disks

Xiuqing Duan, Zhenwei Yao

摘要:

稳定液晶系统中的缺陷对于许多物理过程和应用是至关重要的,从液晶织构的功能化到最近报道的活性物质的混沌行为的命令。在这项工作中,我们进行分析计算,研究曲率驱动的稳定性机制的缺陷的基础上各向同性的圆盘模型,是免费的任何拓扑约束。我们表明,在一个不断增长的球形磁盘覆盖一个球体的曲率效应的积累可以防止典型的+1和+1/2缺陷形成boojum纹理的缺陷被排斥到磁盘的边界。我们的计算表明,+1缺陷的平衡位置从边界到中心的球盘发生在一个非常狭窄的窗口的磁盘区域,表现出一级相变的行为。对于+1/2缺陷对,通过分裂+1缺陷,我们发现曲率驱动两个缺陷之间的交替排斥和吸引相互作用。随着球形盘的生长,这两个缺陷趋向于接近并最终向+1缺陷织构重组。在光盘系统的这项工作中所证明的曲率和曲率驱动的稳定性机制的缺陷的敏感响应可能会影响到通用的控制和工程的液晶纹理在各种应用。

英文摘要:

Stabilizing defects in liquid-crystal systems is crucial for many physical processes and applications ranging from functionalizing liquid-crystal textures to recently reported command of chaotic behaviors of active matters. In this work, we perform analytical calculations to study the curvature driven stability mechanism of defects based on the isotropic nematic disk model that is free of any topological constraint. We show that in a growing spherical disk covering a sphere the accumulation of curvature effect can prevent typical +1 and +1/2 defects from forming boojum textures where the defects are repelled to the boundary of the disk. Our calculations reveal that the movement of the equilibrium position of the +1 defect from the boundary to the center of the spherical disk occurs in a very narrow window of the disk area, exhibiting the first-order phase-transition-like behavior. For the pair of +1/2 defects by splitting a +1 defect, we find the curvature driven alternating repulsive and attractive interactions between the two defects. With the growth of the spherical disk these two defects tend to approach and finally recombine towards a +1 defect texture. The sensitive response of defects to curvature and the curvature driven stability mechanism demonstrated in this work in nematic disk systems may have implications towards versatile control and engineering of liquid crystal textures in various applications.

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