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Topological transformations of a nematic drop

Morphogenesis of living systems involves topological shape transformations which are highly unusual in the inanimate world. Here, we demonstrate that a droplet of a nematic liquid crystal changes its equilibrium shape from a simply connected tactoid, which is topologically equivalent to a sphere, to...

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Autores principales: Koizumi, Runa, Golovaty, Dmitry, Alqarni, Ali, Li, Bing-Xiang, Sternberg, Peter J., Lavrentovich, Oleg D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10328399/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37418526
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf3385