Fig. 4: Colloidal assembly in the 1D sinusoidal splay-bend nematic moiré pattern.
From: Moiré effect enables versatile design of topological defects in nematic liquid crystals
A The nucleation and expansion of the disclination loops can collect nearby particles. \(\Psi={90}^{\circ}\). B The colloidal assembly undergoes jamming as defect loops shrink and prevent their self-annihilation. C In a similar scenario without colloids, the defect loop is eventually self-annihilated. \(\Psi={30}^{\circ}\). t is time. Scale bar: \(50\ {{{{\mu }}}}{{{{{\rm{m}}}}}}\).
