Liquid crystal solitons as vehicles for nano-cargo transport

液晶孤子作为纳米货物运输的载体

• 批准号: 2857344
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2857344
• 关键词: Liquid; crystal; solitons; vehicles; nano

Active matter is often related to swimmers and bacteria, powered by ATP. We will investigate a non-living form of active matter, liquid crystalline solitons and specifically "directrons" and "torons", which are powered by applied electric fields. After studying the mechanism of soliton creation and dynamics of their motion, these will be exploited as vehicles for nano-cargo transport. The ultimate aim of this work is to develop a system of directrons or torons which can pick up nano-particles of various size and nature and transport them to desired spatial points by the use of directing the solitons via topological defect arrays.

活性物质通常与游泳者和细菌有关，由ATP提供能量。我们将研究一种非生命形式的活性物质，液晶孤子，特别是由外加电场驱动的“方向”和“旋子”。在研究了孤子产生的机理和运动动力学之后，这些孤子将被用作纳米货物运输的运载工具。这项工作的最终目的是开发一个方向或环的系统，它可以拾取各种大小和性质的纳米粒子，并通过拓扑缺陷阵列使用定向孤子将它们传输到所需的空间点。