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Maximizing memory

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Memory effects resulting from frustration and topology in nematic liquid crystals confined in bicontinuous structures may enable the fabrication of geometrically functionalized materials.

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Figure 1: Defects arising as a result of liquid crystal molecules pinning to confining surfaces.
Figure 2: Memory effects in a bicontinuous cubic matrix of interconnected spherical cavities filled with a nematic liquid crystal.

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  1. Igor Muševič and Slobodan Žumer are at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Jadranska 19, Ljubljana, Slovenia, and the J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, Ljubljana, Slovenia.,

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Muševič, I., Žumer, S. Maximizing memory. Nature Mater 10, 266–268 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3000

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