francesca serra

Associate Professor

University of Southern Denmark

Denmark

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Francesca Serra is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research focuses on liquid crystals, including the effects of smectic polymers and the spatial photo-patterning of nematic liquid crystals. She has published extensively on topics such as topological defects in cell monolayers, microscale assembly of nanoparticles, and the application of liquid crystals in photonics. Her work contributes to advancements in soft materials and intelligent systems.

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Stephen Schrettl

University of Fribourg

SWITZERLAND

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Tianyi Yao

University of Pennsylvania

UNITED STATES

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Yimin Luo

Assistant Professor

Yale University

UNITED STATES

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MinSu Kim

Research Professor

Jeju National University

SOUTH KOREA

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Articles (13)

Effect of smectic polymers on cholesteric liquid crystals

Spatial Photo-Patterning of Nematic Liquid Crystal Pretilt and its Application in Fabricating Flat Gradient-Index Lenses

Reversible Microscale Assembly of Nanoparticles Driven by the Phase Transition of a Thermotropic Liquid Crystal

Migration and division in cell monolayers on substrates with topological defects

Tunable three-dimensional architecture of nematic disclination lines

Quasicrystalline Arrays and Moiré Patterns in Nematic Liquid Crystals for Soft Photonics

Nematic Colloidal Micro‐Robots as Physically Intelligent Systems

Topological defects of integer charge in cell monolayers

Emergence and stabilization of transient twisted defect structures in confined achiral liquid crystals at a phase transition

Chiral liquid crystal lenses confined in microchannels

Editorial: Topological Soft Matter

Topological defect arrays in nematic liquid crystals assisted by polymeric pillar arrays: Effect of the geometry of pillars

Tunable Dynamic Topological Defect Pattern Formation in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Collaborators (4)

Stephen Schrettl

Tianyi Yao

Yimin Luo

MinSu Kim

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