Ferroelectric nematic droplets in their isotropic melt
Kelum Perera, Rony Saha, Pawan Nepal, Rohan Dharmarathna, Md Sakhawat Hossain, Md Mostafa, Alex Adaka, Ronan Waroquet, Robert J. Twieg, Antal Jákli
Abstract
the entire droplet gets deformed and oscillates with the field. These observations led us to determine the polarization field and revealed the presence of a pair of positive and negative bound electric charges due to divergences of polarization around the defect volume.
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Liquid crystalFerroelectricityIsotropyMaterials scienceCondensed matter physicsOpticsPhysicsOptoelectronicsDielectricLiquid Crystal Research AdvancementsMaterial Dynamics and PropertiesSurfactants and Colloidal Systems