Fig. 1. Directrons in homogeneously aligned nematics.（a）Schematic diagram of the nematic sample；（b）Director structure of directrons；（c），（d）Microscopic images of directrons at different voltages^［25］. Copyright 2018，Nature Communications.

Fig. 2. Directrons in 5CB.（a）Microscopy of directrons；（b）Schematic diagram of the director field within directrons；（c）Color map of the transmitted light intensity and the director field of the directrons^［21］. Copyright 2020，Soft Matter.

Fig. 3. Directrons in cholesteric liquid crystals. Microscopic images of directrons in achiral nematics（a）and cholesterics（b）；（c），（d）Collisions between two directrons；（e）Control of the trajectory of directrons through patterned photo-alignment technique；（f）Cargo-transport by directrons^［20］. Copyright 2020，Communications Physics.

Fig. 4. Collective motion of directrons in cholesterics^［23］.Copyright 2022，Nature Communications.

Fig. 5. Directron lattice in cholesterics.（a）Microscopic images of the directron lattice at different moments；（b）Voronoi diagram of the directron lattice corresponding to Fig.5（a）；（c）Micrographs in Fig.5（a）with each directron colored according to its local hexatic orientational order parameter；Radial distribution function（d）and the orientational correlation function（e）of the directron lattice at different moments；（f）Temporal evolution of the global orientational order parameter of the directron lattice^［36］. Copyright 2022，Soft Matter.