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Assembly and transport of nematic colloidal swarms above photo-patterned defects and surfaces
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We investigate the dynamic assembly and swarm translocation of anisometric colloidal particles dispersed in a nematic liquid crystal and driven above a photosensitive surface. We use liquid crystal-enabled electrophoresis to propel these particles via an alternating electric field perpendicular to the sample cell. By manipulating the anchoring conditions on one surface of the experimental cell, we obtain a spatially extended spiral pattern of the liquid crystal orientation that induces the dynamic assembly of a rotating colloidal mill. This structure can be transported by translocating the topological defect above the photosensitive surface. We complement our findings with a theoretical model that captures the basic physics of the process, by formulating an analytic equation for the director field above the surface. Our reconfigurable nematic assemblies may be used as a test bed for complex swarming behaviour in biological and artificial microscale systems.
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STRAUBE, Arthur V., et al. Assembly and transport of nematic colloidal swarms above photo-patterned defects and surfaces. New Journal of Physics. 2018. Vol. 20, num. 075006. ISSN 1367-2630. [consulted: 10 of November of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/127850