Shear-induced polydomain structures of nematic lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal disodium cromoglycate

• Published in: Soft matter Vol. 16; no. 37; pp. 8565 - 8576
• Main Authors: Baza, Hend, Turiv, Taras, Li, Bing-Xiang, Li, Ruipeng, Yavitt, Benjamin M, Fukuto, Masafumi, Lavrentovich, Oleg D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 30.09.2020; Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Subjects: Crystal structure; Crystals; Disclinations; Domain walls; Domains; Light microscopy; Liquid crystals; Nematic crystals; Nucleation; Optical microscopy; Shear rate; Shear thinning (liquids); Small angle X ray scattering; Texture; Thinning; Tumbling; Vorticity; X-ray scattering
• ISSN: 1744-683X; 1744-6848; 1744-6848
• DOI: 10.1039/d0sm01259a

Lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs) represent aqueous dispersions of organic disk-like molecules that form cylindrical aggregates. Despite the growing interest in these materials, their flow behavior is poorly understood. Here, we explore the effect of shear on dynamic structures of the nema...