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Algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and category theory are new branches of mathematics that have developed in the last hundred years and have had profound collisions with modern physics in recent decades. A large number of topological phenomena are found in systems such as viruses, bacteria, fingerprints, fish school, typhoons, and the galaxies. Topological phenomena play a significant role in the spatial distribution of viral particles, the formation of nanovesicles of polymer, and Bose-Einstein condensates. In this paper, based on Landau-de Gennes theory, models have been constructed to simulate the topological charge distribution and other topological phenomena in liquid crystals. The research indicates that as the radius of the liquid crystal panel grows, the ratio of the optimal distance between the topological charge to the radius gradually increases and tends to stabilize. The size of the disc affects the equilibrium position of the topological load. The relative equilibrium position of topological load is between 0.542 and 0.558, in which the ratio of the distance between the two +1/2 topological loads in the 0–5 mm disc increases from 0.542 to 0.558, and then in the 5–12 mm section the ratio is almost stable at 0.558. As the size of the disc increases, the influence of the boundary anchoring energy decreases, and the equilibrium position, i.e. the distance between the two topological charges and the diameter of the disc, approaches a constant value. This equilibrium position is the result of the repulsive force of the disc boundary on the +1/2 topological load and the repulsive force between the two topological loads. The angle between two topological charges in a liquid crystal disc is between 140° and 180°. The trajectory of the topological charge is the process of finding the lowest free energy point, and the end of the trajectory is in the region of minimum free energy. The result is instructive significance in the design of classification containers by using topological charge condensate effect. And it is helpful to further understand the topological phenomena in soft materials including topological colloids, liquid crystals, and liquid crystal copolymers.
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Keywords:
- nematic liquid crystal /
- phase-field /
- topological charge /
- Landau-de Gennes model
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图 1 (a) 液晶指向矢与空间坐标轴之间夹角的示意图; (b) 液晶圆盘直径D0和两个大小为
$ + {1}/{2} $ 拓扑荷之间距离d的示意图, 红色标记表示$ + {1}/{2} $ 拓扑荷Figure 1. (a) Schematic of the angle between director of liquid crystal and the spatial axis; (b) schematic of the NLqc disc diameter D0 and d the distance between two topological charges,
$ + {1}/{2} $ topological charges represented by red markers.
图 2 (a) 直径分别为0.4−12 mm圆盘中液晶薄膜自由能随中心两个拓扑荷的间距变化曲线; (b) 两个拓扑荷的最优位置随液晶圆盘直径变化的趋势图
Figure 2. (a) The free energy of liquid crystal film in a disk with diameters ranging from 0.4 mm to 12 mm as a function of the distance between the two topological charges; (b) the trend of the optimal position of the two topological charges as a function of the diameter of the liquid crystal disk.
图 3 (a)−(d)偏光镜图片 (a), (b) 圆盘直径为0.4和 12 mm时得到的平衡位置POM图; (c), (d)计算模拟的接近最终平衡位置的偏光显微镜图片. (e) 自由能随角度和位置变化的分布图
Figure 3. (a)−(d) are polarizing optical microscope images: (a), (b) are POM images of the optimal positions for disk diameters of 0.4 and 12 mm, respectively; (c), (d) POM images of a near-final optimal position obtained from computational simulation. (e) Free energy as a function of position.
图 4 十个不同相对位置的拓扑荷演化过程的运动迹图
Figure 4. Motion traces of the topological charges evolution process for 10 different relative positions.
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