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EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E
卷 20, 期 2, 页码 237-242出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2006-10017-1
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When captured by a flat nematic-isotropic interface, colloidal particles can be dragged by it. As a result spatially periodic structures may appear, with the period depending on particle mass, size, and interface velocity (J.L. West, A. Glushchenko, G.X. Liao, Y. Reznikov, D. Andrienko, M.P. Allen, Phys. Rev. E 66, 012702 (2002)). If liquid crystal is sandwiched between two substrates, the interface takes a wedge-like shape, accommodating the interface-substrate contact angle and minimizing the director distortions on its nematic side. Correspondingly, particles move along complex trajectories: they are first captured by the interface and then glide towards its vertex point. Our experiments quantify this scenario, and numerical minimization of the Landau-de Gennes free energy allows for a qualitative description of the interfacial structure and the drag force.
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