Bend instabilities and topological turbulence in shear-aligned living liquid crystal
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- 1 December 2025
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Soft Matter
- Vol. 22 (6) , 1297-1313
Abstract
Shear-aligned living liquid crystals exhibit a cascade of bend instabilities followed by defect nucleation and proliferation after shear cessation.Keywords
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- Division of Materials Research (DMR-2341830)
- Division of Materials Research (DMS-1729509)
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