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Defects in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00004623
URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-4623-2

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González-Pinto, Miguel ; Renner, Johannes ; de las Heras, Daniel ; Martínez-Ratón, Yuri ; Velasco, Enrique:
Defects in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders.
In: New Journal of Physics. Vol. 21 (15 March 2019) Issue 3 .
ISSN 1367-2630
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab060b

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Abstract

We analyse liquid-crystalline ordering in vertically vibrated monolayers of cylinders confined in a circular cavity. Short cylinders form tetratic arrangements with C4 symmetry. This symmetry, which is incompatible with the geometry of the cavity, is restored by the presence of four point defects with total topological charge +4. Equilibrium Monte Carlo simulations predict the same structure. A new method to measure the elastic properties of the tetratic medium is developed which exploits the clear similarities between the vibrated dissipative system and the thermal equilibrium system. Our observations open up a new avenue to investigate the formation of defects in response to boundary conditions, an issue which is very difficult to realise in colloidal or molecular systems.

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Item Type: Article in a journal
DDC Subjects: 500 Science > 530 Physics
Institutions of the University: Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Theoretical Physics II > Chair Theoretical Physics II - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Matthias Schmidt
Profile Fields > Advanced Fields > Polymer and Colloid Science
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Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science
Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics
Faculties > Faculty of Mathematics, Physics und Computer Science > Department of Physics > Chair Theoretical Physics II
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Language: English
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URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-4623-2
Date Deposited: 27 Mar 2020 10:49
Last Modified: 27 Mar 2020 10:49
URI: https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/4623

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