Xia Y, Lee E, Hu H, Gharbi M, Beller D, Fleischmann E-K, Kamien R, Zentel R, Yang S. Better actuation through chemistry: Using surface coatings to create uniform director fields in nematic liquid crystal elastomers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2016;8:12466–12472.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2016
Tran L, Lavrentovich M, Beller D, Li N, Stebe K, Kamien R. Lassoing saddle splay and the geometrical control of topological defects. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2016;113:7106–7111.
Luo Y, Serra F, Beller D, Gharbi M, Li N, Yang S, Kamien R, Stebe K. Around the corner: Colloidal assembly and wiring in groovy nematic cells. Physical Review. 2016;93(032705).
2015
Honglawan A, Kim D, Beller D, Yoon D, Gharbi M, Stebe K, Kamien R, Yang S. Synergistic assembly of nanoparticles in smectic liquid crystals. Soft Matter. 2015;11:7367–7375.
Beller D, Gharbi M, Liu I. Shape-controlled orientation and assembly of colloids with sharp edges in nematic liquid crystals. Soft Matter. 2015;11:1078–1086.
2014
Lohr M, Cavallaro M Jr, Beller D, Stebe K, Kamien R, Collings P, Yodh A. Elasticity-dependent self-assembly of micro-templated chromonic liquid crystal films. Soft Matter. 2014;10:3477–3484.
Beller D, Machon T, Čopar S, Sussman D, Alexander G, Kamien R, Mosna R. Geometry of the cholesteric phase. Physical Review. 2014;4(031050).
2013
Beller D, Gharbi M, Honglawan A, Stebe K, Yang S, Kamien R. Focal conic flower textures at curved interfaces. Physical Review. 2013;3:041026.
Popular press coverage: Scientific American, NSF News, Materials Views, discovery.com, phys.org.
Cavallaro M, Gharbi M, Beller D, Čopar S, Shi Z, Baumgart T, Yang S, Kamien R, Stebe K. Exploiting imperfections: Assembling surface colloids via bulk topological defects. PNAS. 2013.
Honglawan A, Beller D, Cavallaro M, Kamien R, Stebe K, Yang S. Topographically induced hierarchical assembly and geometrical transformation of focal conic domain arrays in smectic liquid crystals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2013;110:34–39.