Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocations

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Main Author: Pieranski, Pawel
Publication Date: 2024
Other Authors: Godinho, Maria Helena
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: Funding Information: M. H. G and P. P. are grateful to Arne Skjeltorp for invitation to the Geilo School 2022. The authors thank V. Klein, S. Saranga, J. Sanchez, Y. Simon, J. Saen, J.-L. Signoret and M. Bottineau for technical help. We also thank M. Zeghal, P. Judeinstein and C. Goldmann for discussions and help. Rapid progresses in experiments presented here were made during internships of M. Dazza, R. Cabeça, G. Srinivasan, J. Plo, D. Sadi, E. Thellier, T. Alezraa, A. Goré, A.Safi, R. Bouffet-Klein, B. Liagre, and N. Rouger. M.H.G. acknowledges the co-financement by FEDER, European fuand in condensed matter physicsnds, through the COMPETE 2020 POCI and PORL, National Funds through FCT Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and POR Lisboa2020 under projects PIDDAC (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007688, Reference UIDB/50025/2020-2023), Action European Topology Interdisciplinary Action (EUTOPIA CA17139). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024.
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spelling Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocationsMaterials Science(all)Physics and Astronomy(all)Physical and Theoretical ChemistryFunding Information: M. H. G and P. P. are grateful to Arne Skjeltorp for invitation to the Geilo School 2022. The authors thank V. Klein, S. Saranga, J. Sanchez, Y. Simon, J. Saen, J.-L. Signoret and M. Bottineau for technical help. We also thank M. Zeghal, P. Judeinstein and C. Goldmann for discussions and help. Rapid progresses in experiments presented here were made during internships of M. Dazza, R. Cabeça, G. Srinivasan, J. Plo, D. Sadi, E. Thellier, T. Alezraa, A. Goré, A.Safi, R. Bouffet-Klein, B. Liagre, and N. Rouger. M.H.G. acknowledges the co-financement by FEDER, European fuand in condensed matter physicsnds, through the COMPETE 2020 POCI and PORL, National Funds through FCT Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and POR Lisboa2020 under projects PIDDAC (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007688, Reference UIDB/50025/2020-2023), Action European Topology Interdisciplinary Action (EUTOPIA CA17139). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024.Motions and collisions of topological defects produced during symmetry breaking transitions is a crucial issue in cosmology and in condensed matter physics. Here, we deal with topological defects in nematics and cholesterics. Nematics may contain linear defects i.e. disclinations and point defects i.e. monopoles while cholesterics may contain linear defects of their 1D periodic order parameter, i.e. dislocations. The dowser texture appears as a natural universe of the nematic monopoles. They can be generated in it, set into motion and brought to collisions that may result in annihilation of pairs of monopoles. We show how to generate pairs of disclinations in twisted nematic cells by the isotropic-nematic transition in the presence of magnetic fields. When two such disclinations collide, i.e. enter into a contact at one point, an intercommutation or rewiring into a new pair of disclination can occur. We show how to bring these disclinations to collisions by means of an electric field and how to steer the rewiring by magnetic fields. For generation of dislocations in cholesteric we use a Grandjean–Cano wedge made of crossed cylindrical mica sheets. After their nucleation upon dilation, dislocation loops are growing and collide. Collision of dislocation loops can result in a trivial crossing or may produce a stable configuration called Lehmann cluster. Subsequently, upon application of a high enough tensile strain, the Lehmann splits into a pair of dislocations that can be entangled.DCM - Departamento de Ciência dos MateriaisCENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT)RUNPieranski, PawelGodinho, Maria Helena2024-112024-11-01T00:00:00Z2025-06-22T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article21application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/179493eng1951-6355PURE: 106889759https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-024-01253-9info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2025-02-24T01:51:53Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/179493Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T20:40:21.600481Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocations
title Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocations
spellingShingle Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocations
Pieranski, Pawel
Materials Science(all)
Physics and Astronomy(all)
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
title_short Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocations
title_full Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocations
title_fullStr Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocations
title_full_unstemmed Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocations
title_sort Collisions of monopoles, disclinations and dislocations
author Pieranski, Pawel
author_facet Pieranski, Pawel
Godinho, Maria Helena
author_role author
author2 Godinho, Maria Helena
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CENIMAT-i3N - Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Lab. Associado I3N)
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT)
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Pieranski, Pawel
Godinho, Maria Helena
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Materials Science(all)
Physics and Astronomy(all)
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
topic Materials Science(all)
Physics and Astronomy(all)
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
description Funding Information: M. H. G and P. P. are grateful to Arne Skjeltorp for invitation to the Geilo School 2022. The authors thank V. Klein, S. Saranga, J. Sanchez, Y. Simon, J. Saen, J.-L. Signoret and M. Bottineau for technical help. We also thank M. Zeghal, P. Judeinstein and C. Goldmann for discussions and help. Rapid progresses in experiments presented here were made during internships of M. Dazza, R. Cabeça, G. Srinivasan, J. Plo, D. Sadi, E. Thellier, T. Alezraa, A. Goré, A.Safi, R. Bouffet-Klein, B. Liagre, and N. Rouger. M.H.G. acknowledges the co-financement by FEDER, European fuand in condensed matter physicsnds, through the COMPETE 2020 POCI and PORL, National Funds through FCT Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and POR Lisboa2020 under projects PIDDAC (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007688, Reference UIDB/50025/2020-2023), Action European Topology Interdisciplinary Action (EUTOPIA CA17139). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to EDP Sciences, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024.
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