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Backflow-induced asymmetric collapse of disclination lines in liquid crystals

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dc.creator Oswald, Patrick
dc.creator Ignés i Mullol, Jordi
dc.date 2010-07-05T09:19:07Z
dc.date 2010-07-05T09:19:07Z
dc.date 2005
dc.date.accessioned 2024-12-16T10:24:19Z
dc.date.available 2024-12-16T10:24:19Z
dc.identifier 0031-9007
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2445/13265
dc.identifier 528074
dc.identifier.uri http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17458
dc.description We present experiments where opposed pairs of planar parallel disclination lines of topological strength s=±1 move due to their mutual attraction. Our measurements show that their motion is clearly asymmetric, with +1 defects moving up to twice as fast as -1 ones. This is a clear indication of backflow, given the intrinsic isotropic elasticity of our system. A phenomenological model is able to account for the experimental observations by renormalizing the orientational diffusivity estimated from the velocity of each defect.
dc.format 4 p.
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher American Physical Society
dc.relation Reproducció digital del document proporcionada PROLA i http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.027801
dc.relation Physical Review Letters, 2005, vol. 95, núm. 2, p. 027801-1-027801-4
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.027801
dc.rights (c) American Physical Society, 2005
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència dels Materials i Química Física)
dc.subject Cristal·lografia
dc.subject Reologia
dc.subject Cristalls líquids
dc.subject Crystallography
dc.subject Rheology
dc.subject Liquid crystals
dc.title Backflow-induced asymmetric collapse of disclination lines in liquid crystals
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


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