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Direct Visualization of Spatiotemporal Structure of Self-Assembled Colloidal Particles in Electrohydrodynamic Flow of a Nematic Liquid Crystal
No full textCharacterization of spatiotemporal
dynamics is of vital importance
to soft matter systems far from equilibrium. Using a confocal laser
scanning microscopy, we directly reveal three-dimensional motion of
surface-modified particles in the electrohydrodynamic convection of
a nematic liquid crystal. Particularly, visualizing a caterpillar-like
motion of a self-assembled colloidal chain demonstrates the mechanism
of the persistent transport enabled by the elastic, electric, and
hydrodynamic contributions. We also precisely show how the particles’
trajectory is spatially modified by simply changing the surface boundary
condition
Direct Visualization of Spatiotemporal Structure of Self-Assembled Colloidal Particles in Electrohydrodynamic Flow of a Nematic Liquid Crystal
No full textCharacterization of spatiotemporal
dynamics is of vital importance
to soft matter systems far from equilibrium. Using a confocal laser
scanning microscopy, we directly reveal three-dimensional motion of
surface-modified particles in the electrohydrodynamic convection of
a nematic liquid crystal. Particularly, visualizing a caterpillar-like
motion of a self-assembled colloidal chain demonstrates the mechanism
of the persistent transport enabled by the elastic, electric, and
hydrodynamic contributions. We also precisely show how the particles’
trajectory is spatially modified by simply changing the surface boundary
condition
