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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Reflection and refraction of directrons at the interface.

Xing-Zhou Tang, Chao-Yi Li, Zhi-Jun Huang, Jia-Hui Zhao, Yu-Xi Chen, Nicholas L Abbott, Juan J de Pablo, Yan-Qing Lu, Bing-Xiang Li

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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9 authors.

Xing-Zhou Tang *College of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0009-0009-2620-3088
Chao-Yi Li *College of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0437-4355
Zhi-Jun Huang *College of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0009-0005-7263-2239
Jia-Hui ZhaoCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.
Yu-Xi ChenPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.ORCID 0000-0001-8191-8312
Nicholas L AbbottSmith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.ORCID 0000-0002-9653-0326
Juan J de PabloPritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.
Yan-Qing LuNational Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6151-8557
Bing-Xiang LiCollege of Electronic and Optical Engineering and College of Flexible Electronics (Future Technology), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4727-1572

Funding

JST | Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation) BK20243067MOST | National Key Research and Development Program of China (NKPs) 2022YFA1405000MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 62375141MOST | National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 6240032604
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reflection and refraction are ubiquitous phenomena with extensive applications, yet minimizing energy loss and information distortion during these processes remains a significant challenge. This study examines the behavior of structurally stable solitons, known as directrons, in nematic liquid crystals interacting with an interface where the director field orientation changes, despite identical physical properties, external potentials, and boundary anchoring in the two regions. During reflection and refraction, the directrons maintain nearly constant structure and velocity, ensuring energy conservation and information integrity. Microscopic analyses of the director field and macroscopic evaluations of effective potential are employed to elucidate the dependence of reflection and refraction probabilities on the directron's incident angle and the orientation difference across the interface. The findings provide valuable insights into the dynamics of solitary waves in structured liquid crystal systems, offering significant implications for the development of tunable photonic devices, reconfigurable optical systems, and nanoscale material engineering.

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dissipative solitoninteraction with interfacesliquid crystal

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PMID40512785
PMCPMC12184648

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