2024
DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2024.2374948
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Unknots, knots, links and necklaces made of dislocations in cholesterics

P. Pieranski,
M. H. Godinho

Abstract: We deal with the genesis and decay of knots and links made of dislocations in a cholesteric layer confined in the gap between orthogonal cylindrical mica sheets. The genesis starts by nucleation of folded unknots driven by a compressive strain. The nucleation process of the trivial and folded unknots is studied and discussed in detail. We show that the expansion of the folded unknots leads to their lateral collisions followed by the coalescence into the torus knots, such as the trefoil knot, or into the links,… Show more

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