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Topology-dependent self-structure mediation and efficient energy conversion in heat-flux-driven rotors of cholesteric droplets

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  • Jun Yoshioka

    (RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS))

  • Fumito Araoka

    (RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS))

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When heat flux is applied to a chiral liquid crystal, unidirectional rotation is induced around the flux axis, as first discovered by Otto Lehmann in 1900. In recent years, this heat-flux-induced phenomenon has been studied mostly in droplets of cholesteric liquid crystals undergoing phase transition from the isotropic to cholesteric phase, i.e., in the coexistence region, which occurs over a very narrow temperature range. Here, we report that the heat-flux-induced rotation can be stabilised by the use of a dispersion system, in which the cholesteric droplets are dispersed in a viscous and poorly miscible isotropic solvent. Interestingly, the phenomenon is found to be topology dependent. Moreover, the rotation is not only stable but also more efficient than that in the known systems. We describe in detail how the dynamics of the heat-flux-induced rotation are altered in the present dispersion system.

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  • Jun Yoshioka & Fumito Araoka, 2018. "Topology-dependent self-structure mediation and efficient energy conversion in heat-flux-driven rotors of cholesteric droplets," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-02910-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-02910-z
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