Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 40, Issue 1, 171(2025)

Research progress on the motion control of liquid crystal solitons

Jie NI1, Yang DING1, Qilin JIA1, Yanqing LU2, Xingzhou TANG1、*, and Bingxiang LI1、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering, College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    (a) Director field of Directrons in negative nematic liquid crystal and their rectilinear motion under different voltage amplitudes[35]; (b) Motion of Directrons under different voltage amplitudes and 90°, 180° changes in direction[58];(c) POM(Polarized Optical Microscope) images of solitons in positive and negative hybrid liquid crystals, along with the solitons' motion trajectories and deflection angles under different voltage amplitudes[36].
    (a) Motion of Directrons in nematic liquid crystal and cholesteric liquid crystal under different voltages[33]; (b) POM images, light intensity distribution, and motion of Swallow-tail solitons in smectic liquid crystal[34].
    (a) Motion direction change of solitons powered by photopatterning[33]; (b) Dynamic behavior of Directrons controlled by electric and light fields[69]; (c) Changing the direction of soliton motion through chemical treatment and twisted alignment[70].
    (a) Director field variation during the squirming motion of skyrmions[72]; (b) POM images, director field, and modulation electric field induced motion of skyrmions in a straight line[73].
    (a) Director field and motion of möbiusons[74]; (b) Director field and motion of polyskyrmionomers[75].
    (a) Collective motion of Directrons and director field distribution[76]; (b) Collective motion of Directrons at different voltages[76]; (c) Trajectory of collective motion of directrons[76].
    (a) Dispersed skyrmions exhibiting translational motion[80]; (b)Dynamic self-assembly and linear chains of skyrmions[80]; (c) Motion direction of skyrmions changes from random to uniform[80]; (d) Motion of edge skyrmion clusters[80].
    (a) Self-assembly and three-dimensional interactions of heliknoton lattices[82]; (b) Motion of toron lattices[83].
    (a) Motion of skyrmions under light induction[84]; (b) Dynamic rearrangement of skyrmions chains[84]; (c) Light-induced patterning, healing of soliton lattice cracks[85]; (d) Rearrangement of soliton lattice[85].
    (a) Translation motion of solitons carrying microspheres[71]; (b) Trajectory slices of transporting microcargo by nematic liquid crystal solitons[33]; (c) Soliton-induced microspheres motion[86].
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    Jie NI, Yang DING, Qilin JIA, Yanqing LU, Xingzhou TANG, Bingxiang LI. Research progress on the motion control of liquid crystal solitons[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2025, 40(1): 171

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    Paper Information

    Category: Self-assembly Liquid Crystal

    Received: Jul. 31, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 31, 2025

    The Author Email: Xingzhou TANG (xztang@njupt.edu.cn), Bingxiang LI (bxli@njupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2024-0222

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