Asymmetric spreading of liquid crystal films on a water droplet

• Published in: Proceedings of Japanese Liquid Crystal Society Annual meeting p. PA55
• Main Authors: Kishi, Tetsuro, Kaneko, Hayato, Nakata, Atsutoshi, Tabe, Yuka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: THE JAPANESE LIQUID CRYSTAL SOCIETY 2019

We made a LC shell covering a water droplet floating on a fluorinated liquid and examined its shape and properties. In the equilibrium state, the shell formed unusual asymmetric shapes, depending on the LC phases. Since the LC shape should be determined by the balance between the Frank elasticity, s...