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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 123, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.157801
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- NSF MRSEC [DMR-1720530]
- French National Research Agency [13-JS08-0006-01]
- NSF [PHY-1554887]
- Simons Foundation
- Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
- EPSRC [EP/R014604/1]
- EPSRC [EP/R014604/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Polymeric particles are strong candidates for designing artificial materials capable of emulating the complex twisting-based functionality observed in biological systems. In this Letter, we provide the fast detailed investigation of the swelling behavior of bipolar polymer liquid crystalline microparticles. Deswelling from the spherical bipolar configuration causes the microparticles to contract anisotropically and twist in the process, resulting in a twisted spindle-shaped structure. We propose a model to describe the observed spiral patterns and twisting behavior.
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