论文标题
对齐诱导的可重新配置壁，用于液晶天空的图案和组装
Alignment induced re-configurable walls for patterning and assembly of liquid crystal skyrmions
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论文摘要
由于它们的拓扑特性以及潜在的新型应用，例如数据存储和软机器人技术，因此Skyrmions引起了迅速增长的兴趣。它们还可以通过设计，自组装和功能软材料作为材料的关键要素。尽管不是真实的颗粒，但这些天空的行为就像粒子一样 - 它们相互相互作用，并且可以通过电场，表面锚定和光线驱动。另一方面，它们是现场配置，具有真实粒子不具有的属性。在这里，我们表明，通过对准引起的吸引人和排斥的墙，可以精确控制手性列液晶中的天空源，以作为实现上述目标的合适构件。我们的工作可能会刺激新的实验努力和伴随应用在这个方向上的应用。
Skyrmions have attracted rapidly growing interest due to their topological properties and unique aspects for potential novel applications such as data storage and soft robotics. They can also serve as key elements for materials by design, self-assembly, and functional soft materials. While not real particles, these skyrmions behave like particles-they interact with each other and can be actuated by means of electric field, surface anchoring, and light. On the other hand, they are field configurations which have properties not possessed by real particles. Here, we show that, by means of alignment induced attractive and repulsive walls, skyrmions in chiral nematic liquid crystals can be precisely controlled and programmed to serve as suitable building blocks for the realization of the above goals. Our work may stimulate new experimental efforts and concomitant applications in this direction.
