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Armendáriz J, Híjar H. Nonequilibrium Dynamics of a Magnetic Nanocapsule in a Nematic Liquid Crystal. Materials (Basel). 2021;14(11)doi: 10.3390/ma14112886.
Armendáriz, J., & Híjar, H. (2021). Nonequilibrium Dynamics of a Magnetic Nanocapsule in a Nematic Liquid Crystal. Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 14(11), . https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14112886
Armendáriz, José, and Híjar, Humberto. "Nonequilibrium Dynamics of a Magnetic Nanocapsule in a Nematic Liquid Crystal." Materials (Basel, Switzerland) vol. 14,11 (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14112886
Armendáriz J, Híjar H. Nonequilibrium Dynamics of a Magnetic Nanocapsule in a Nematic Liquid Crystal. Materials (Basel). 2021 May 27;14(11). doi: 10.3390/ma14112886. PMID: 34072175; PMCID: PMC8199132.
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Materials (Basel). 2021 May 27;14(11). doi: 10.3390/ma14112886.

Nonequilibrium Dynamics of a Magnetic Nanocapsule in a Nematic Liquid Crystal.

Materials (Basel, Switzerland)

José Armendáriz, Humberto Híjar

Affiliations

  1. Engineering of School, La Salle University Mexico, Benjamin Franklin 45, Mexico City 06140, Mexico.

PMID: 34072175 PMCID: PMC8199132 DOI: 10.3390/ma14112886

Abstract

Colloidal particles in nematic liquid crystals show a beautiful variety of complex phenomena with promising applications. Their dynamical behaviour is determined by topology and interactions with the liquid crystal and external fields. Here, a nematic magnetic nanocapsule reoriented periodically by time-varying magnetic fields is studied using numerical simulations. The approach combines Molecular Dynamics to resolve solute-solvent interactions and Nematic Multiparticle Collision Dynamics to incorporate nematohydrodynamic fields and fluctuations. A Saturn ring defect resulting from homeotropic anchoring conditions surrounds the capsule and rotates together with it. Magnetically induced rotations of the capsule can produce transformations of this topological defect, which changes from a disclination curve to a defect structure extending over the surface of the capsule. Transformations occur for large magnetic fields. At moderate fields, elastic torques prevent changes of the topological defect by tilting the capsule out from the rotation plane of the magnetic field.

Keywords: multiscale simulation methods; nematic colloids; rotational Brownian motion; topological defects

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