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.
Publications
2015
2014
Gharbi M, Beller D, Honglawan A, Stebe K, Yang S, Kamien R. Controlling liquid crystal defects. SPIE Newsroom. 2014;(10.1117/2.1201402.005369).
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.
Gharbi M, Cavallaro M, Wu G, Beller D, Kamien R, Yang S, Stebe K. Microbullet assembly: interactions of oriented dipoles in confined nematic liquid crystal. Liquid Crystals. 2013;40:1619–1627.
Cavallaro M, Gharbi M, Beller D, Čopar S, Shi Z, Baumgart T, Kamien R, Yang S, Stebe K. Ring around the colloid. 2013.
2012
Mosna R, Beller D, Kamien R. Breaking the rules for topological defects: Smectic order on conical substrates. Physical Review. 2012;86(011707).