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Spatiotemporal control of liquid crystal structure and dynamics through activity patterning

Rui Zhang, Steven A. Redford, Paul V. Ruijgrok, Nitin Kumar, Ali Mozaffari, Sasha Zemsky, Aaron R. Dinner, Vincenzo Vitelli, Zev Bryant, Margaret L. Gardel, Juan Pablo

2021Nature Materials134 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

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