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Topological defects in liquid crystals guide the self-assembly of molecular amphiphiles.

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Figure 1: Self-assembly of amphiphiles in nematic liquid-crystal defects.

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  1. Francesca Serra is in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy, of Materials Science and Engineering, and of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 209 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,

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  2. Shu Yang is in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 3231 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA,

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Serra, F., Yang, S. Material defect lines. Nature Mater 15, 10–11 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4517

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