En este trabajo se presenta un análisis sistemático de la formación de defectos topológicos en la fase nemática de cristales líquidos confinados en gotas esferoidales prolatas y oblatas implementando simulaciones de dinámica molecular. Los mesógenos se modelaron con partículas elipsoidales prolatas interactuando con el potencial de Gay-Berne. La gota se...
Lyotropic liquid crystals were formulated from the Tween 40/Span 20 surfactant mixture at an HLB of 11, using water as the solvent and canola oil as the lipid phase. Ternary diagrams were constructed and at concentrations where the ternary mixture formed liquid crystals, beta-carotene was included as a carrier molecule....