Rheology of cubic blue phases
Rheology of cubic blue phases
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立方蓝相的流变学
DOI:
10.1039/c3sm50228g
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发表时间:
2013
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Henrich O
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作者:
Henrich O
We study the behaviour of cubic blue phases under shear flow via lattice Boltzmann simulations. We focus on the two experimentally observed phases, Blue Phase I (BPI) and Blue Phase II (BPII). The disclination network of Blue Phase II continuously breaks and reforms under steady shear, leading to an oscillatory stress response in time. At larger shear rates, the structure breaks up into the Grandjean texture with a cholesteric helix lying along the flow gradient direction. Blue Phase I leads to a very different response. Here, oscillations are only possible for intermediate shear rates; very slow flow causes a transition of the initially ordered structure into an amorphous network with an apparent yield stress. Larger shear rates lead to another amorphous state with a different structure of the defect network. At even larger flow rates the same break-up into the Grandjean texture as for Blue Phase II is observed. At the highest imposed flow rates both cubic blue phases adopt a flow-aligned nematic state. Our results provide the first theoretical investigation of sheared blue phases in large systems, and are relevant for the understanding of the bulk rheology of these materials.
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影响因子:
3.4
作者:
M. Ravnik;J. Fukuda;J. Yeomans;S. Žumer
通讯作者:
M. Ravnik;J. Fukuda;J. Yeomans;S. Žumer
影响因子:
4.4
作者:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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通讯作者:
Weitz, DA
DOI:
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发表时间:
2002
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影响因子:
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作者:
A. Rey
通讯作者:
A. Rey
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
A. Rey
通讯作者:
A. Rey