Observational analysis reveals butterfly-shaped defects and metastable cavities in liquid crystals using Janus particles, indicating new interactions.
Asymmetric tadpole-shaped Janus particles with micrometer-sized flexible SiO 2 tails can distort the surrounding LC field into butterfly-shaped defects and create metastable cavities by balancing capillary, elastic, and viscous forces.
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