Topological structure and dynamics of three-dimensional active nematics
Topological structure and dynamics of three-dimensional active nematics
Watching defects flow and grow Orientational topological defects in liquid crystals, known as disclinations, have been visualized in polymeric materials or through mesoscale simulations of the local orientation of the molecules. Duclos et al. report the experimental visualization of the structure and dynamics of disclination loops in active, three-dimensional nematics …