Topological Defects in Soft/Active/Biological Matter II

Presentations

• Topological Structures in Polar Liquid Crystals

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 11:30 AM – March 8, 2024, 11:42 AM

  Presenters

  • Qi-Huo Wei

    • Southern University of Science and Technology

  Authors

  • Qi-Huo Wei

    • Southern University of Science and Technology

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• Influence of confining surface Gaussian curvature on the winding character of nematic disclination lines

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 11:42 AM – March 8, 2024, 11:54 AM

  Presenters

  • Jane Bernadette Denise M Garcia

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Jane Bernadette Denise M Garcia

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Mohamed Amine Gharbi

    • University of Massachusetts Boston

  • Daniel A Beller

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Numerical study of chiral structures from achiral liquid crystals using Ball-Majumdar singular potential model

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 11:54 AM – March 8, 2024, 12:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Lucas J Myers

    • University of Minnesota

  Authors

  • Lucas J Myers

    • University of Minnesota

  • Jorge Vinals

    • University of Minnesota

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• Complementary tensorial measures of disclination line winding character

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 12:06 PM – March 8, 2024, 12:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Daniel A Beller

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Daniel A Beller

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Jane Bernadette Denise M Garcia

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Robert Pelcovits

    • Brown University

  • Thomas R Powers

    • Brown University

  • Jonathan V Selinger

    • Kent State University

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• Elasticity and topological defects: a common thread between soft and hard materials

  ORAL · Invited

  March 8, 2024, 12:18 PM – March 8, 2024, 12:54 PM

  Publication: Chiqun Zhang, Amit Acharya, Alan C. Newell, Shankar C. Venkataramani (2021) Computing with non-orientable defects: nematics, smectics and natural patterns, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 417, 132828.
  
  Siddharth Singh, He Liu, Rajat Arora, Robert M. Suter, Amit acharya (2023) Micromechanical modeling of experimentally observed topological defects inside bulk polycrystals, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 31, 085007.
  
  Chiqun Zhang, Xiaohan Zhang, Amit Acharya, Dmitry Golovaty, and Noel Walkington. (2017) A non-traditional view on the modeling of nematic disclination dynamics. Quarterly of Applied Mathematics, LXXV, 309-357.

  Presenters

  • Amit Acharya

    • Carnegie Mellon University

  Authors

  • Amit Acharya

    • Carnegie Mellon University

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• Analytical predictions of topological defect interactions in active nematics.

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 12:54 PM – March 8, 2024, 1:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Cody D Schimming

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Cody D Schimming

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Cynthia Reichhardt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Charles M Reichhardt

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Exploring the Formation of Initial Disclination Loops of Active Nematics through Particle-Based Simulations

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 1:06 PM – March 8, 2024, 1:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Yingyou Ma

    • Brandeis University

  Authors

  • Yingyou Ma

    • Brandeis University

  • Michael F Hagan

    • Brandeis University

  • Aparna Baskaran

    • Brandeis University

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• Cooperative motion and granule rotation during rapid grain shrinking in colloidal crystals

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 1:18 PM – March 8, 2024, 1:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Avani Anne

    • Harvey Mudd College

  Authors

  • Avani Anne

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Eric Corona

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Helen K Chaffee

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Chris G Couto

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Elizabeth L Rogers

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Aaron L Galper

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Conor M Floyd

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Ananya Venkatachalam

    • Harvey Mudd College

  • Sharon J Gerbode

    • Harvey Mudd College

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• Inducing point defects in 3D colloidal crystals

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 1:30 PM – March 8, 2024, 1:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Max Schelling

    • Eindhoven University of Technology

  Authors

  • Max Schelling

    • Eindhoven University of Technology

  • Janne-Mieke Meijer

    • Eindhoven University of Technology

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• Controlling Topological Defects in Colloidal Crystal Shells of Hard Superballs

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 1:42 PM – March 8, 2024, 1:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Gabrielle N Jones

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Gabrielle N Jones

    • University of Michigan

  • Philipp Schönhöfer

    • University of Michigan

  • Sharon C Glotzer

    • University of Michigan

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• Model Predictive Control of Active Brownian Particles

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 1:54 PM – March 8, 2024, 2:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Titus Quah

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Titus Quah

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Sho C Takatori

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • James B Rawlings

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Using potentials to model the crystallography of bee honeycomb under geometric frustration

  ORAL

  March 8, 2024, 2:06 PM – March 8, 2024, 2:18 PM

  Publication: "Crystallography of honeycomb formation under geometric frustration", G Gharooni Fard, D Zhang, F López Jiménez, O Peleg
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (48), e2205043119

  Presenters

  • Francisco Lopez Jimenez

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  Authors

  • Francisco Lopez Jimenez

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Yasara Dharmadasa

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Golnar Gharooni Fard

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Orit Peleg

    • University of Colorado Boulder

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