Reconfigurable Knots and Links in Chiral Nematic Colloids

DOI10.1126/science.1205705zbMath1355.82069arXiv1107.1619WikidataQ33947730 ScholiaQ33947730MaRDI QIDQ2962065

Igor Muševič, Simon Čopar, S. Žumer, Miha Ravnik, Uroš Tkalec

Publication date: 15 February 2017

Published in: Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.1619

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82D60: Statistical mechanics of polymers

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