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December 1, 2021
In nematic liquid crystals with low twist elastic constant, spontaneous chirality changes the orientations of rod-like colloidal particles embedded in the fluid — paper with Yodh (Penn) and Collings (Swarthmore) groups published in Soft Matter.
October 11, 2021
A new kind of defect found in crystallization on a cylinder (or: “the frustration of meeting yourself on the other side”) — paper with Manoharan and Rycroft groups (Harvard University) published in ACS Applied Nano Materials.
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