Stability of topological wall defects on spheres with n-atic order

Saichand, C and Alageshan, JK and Roy, A and Hatwalne, Y (2020) Stability of topological wall defects on spheres with n-atic order. In: Physical Review Research, 2 (2).

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Abstract

Topological point defects on orientationally ordered spheres and on deformable fluid vesicles have been investigated, partly motivated by their potential applications in creating superatoms with directional bonds through functionalization of the "bald spots" created by topological point defects, thus paving the way for atomic chemistry at micron scales. We show that singular wall defects, topologically unstable "bald lines" in two dimensions, are stabilized near the order-disorder transition on a sphere. We attribute their stability to free-energetic considerations, which override those of topological stability. © 2020 American Physical Society.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Physical Review Research
Publisher:	American Physical Society
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to the American Physical Society
Keywords:	Point defects; Spheres, Fluid vesicles; Functionalizations; Micron scale; Superatoms; Topological stability; Two-dimension, Topology
Department/Centre:	Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Computational and Data Sciences
Date Deposited:	28 Nov 2021 10:03
Last Modified:	28 Nov 2021 10:03
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/70321

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