Abnormal rotation of a deformed liquid crystal droplet immersed in an isotropic fluid after transient flow |
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Authors: | Qi He Youjun Wu Wei Yu Chixing Zhou |
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Institution: | 1. Advanced Rheology Institute, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Abstract: | The morphology evolution of liquid crystal droplets immersed in an isotropic fluid in flow field is found to be different from flexible polymer droplets. In this paper, we investigated the retraction of a liquid crystal droplet after transient flow. It is found that the liquid crystal droplet will rotate during the shape recovery, which has never been observed for an isotropic droplet. The factors that influence the rotational angle of a single liquid crystal droplet during retraction progress were studied, including the temperature, the dimension of the droplets, the time of shear flow, the shear rate, the flow type, and the properties of liquid crystal molecules. The rotation of liquid crystal droplet during shape recovery is ascribed to both the bulk elasticity of liquid crystal droplets and the anisotropic properties of the interface between liquid crystal and isotropic fluid. |
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