Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
(* denotes shared first-author contribution)
- M.A. Gharbi, D.A. Beller, N.S. Mood, R. Gupta, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang, and K.J. Stebe. “Elastocapillary driven assembly of particles at free-standing smectic-A films”, Langmuir 34 (2018), 2006.
- M.-J. Gim*, D.A. Beller*, and D.K. Yoon. “Morphogenesis of liquid crystal topological defects of during the nematic-smectic A phase transition”, Nature Communications 8 (2017) 15453.
- D.A. Beller and D.R. Nelson. “Plastic deformation of tubular crystals by dislocation glide”, Physical Review E 94 (2016) 033004.
- L. Tran, M.O. Lavrentovich, D.A. Beller, N. Li, K.J. Stebe, and R.D. Kamien. “Lassoing saddle splay and the geometrical control of topological defects”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (2016) 7106–7111.
- Y. Xia, E. Lee, H. Hu, M.A. Gharbi, D.A. Beller, E.-K. Fleischmann, R.D. Kamien, R. Zentel, and S. Yang. “Better actuation through chemistry: Using surface coatings to create uniform director fields in nematic liquid crystal elastomers”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8 (2016) 12466–12472.
- Y. Luo, F. Serra, D.A. Beller, M.A. Gharbi, N. Li, S. Yang, R.D. Kamien, and K.J. Stebe. “Around the corner: Colloidal assembly and wiring in groovy nematic cells”, Physical Review E 93 (2016) 032705.
- A. Honglawan, D.S. Kim, D.A. Beller, D.K. Yoon, M.A. Gharbi, K.J. Stebe, R.D. Kamien, and S. Yang. “Synergistic assembly of nanoparticles in smectic liquid crystals”, Soft Matter 11 (2015) 7367–7375.
- D.A. Beller, M.A. Gharbi, and I.B. Liu. “Shape-controlled orientation and assembly of colloids with sharp edges in nematic liquid crystals”, Soft Matter 11 (2015) 1078–1086.
- D.A. Beller, T. Machon, S. Čopar, D.M. Sussman, G.P. Alexander, R.D. Kamien, and R.A. Mosna. “Geometry of the cholesteric phase”, Physical Review X 4 (2014) 031050.
- M.A. Lohr, M. Cavallaro Jr., D.A. Beller, K.J. Stebe, R.D. Kamien, P.J. Collings, and A.G. Yodh. “Elasticity-dependent self-assembly of micro-templated chromonic liquid crystal films”, Soft Matter 10 (2014) 3477-3484.
- D.A. Beller*, M.A. Gharbi*, A. Honglawan*, K.J. Stebe, S. Yang, and R.D. Kamien. “Focal conic flower textures at curved interfaces”, Physical Review X 3 (2013) 041026. Popular press coverage: Scientific American, NSF News, Materials Views, discovery.com, phys.org.
- M. Cavallaro*, M.A. Gharbi*, D.A. Beller*, S. Čopar, Z. Shi, T. Baumgart, S. Yang, R.D. Kamien, and K.J. Stebe. “Exploiting imperfections: Assembling surface colloids via bulk topological defects”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (2013) 18804–18808.M. Cavallaro∗, M.A. Gharbi∗, D.A. Beller∗, S. Čopar, Z. Shi, T. Baumgart, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang, and K.J. Stebe. “Ring around the colloid”, Soft Matter 9 (2013) 9099–9102.
- M. Cavallaro*, M.A. Gharbi*, D.A. Beller*, S. Čopar, Z. Shi, T. Baumgart, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang, and K.J. Stebe. “Ring around the colloid”, Soft Matter 9 (2013) 9099–9102.
- M.A. Gharbi, M. Cavallaro, G. Wu, D.A. Beller, R.D. Kamien, S. Yang, and K.J. Stebe. “Microbullet assembly: interactions of oriented dipoles in confined nematic liquid crystal”, Liquid Crystals 40 (2013) 1619–1627.
- A. Honglawan*, D.A. Beller*, M. Cavallaro, R.D. Kamien, K.J. Stebe, and S. Yang. “Topographically induced hierarchical assembly and geometrical transformation of focal conic domain arrays in smectic liquid crystals”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (2013) 34–39.
- R.A. Mosna, D.A. Beller, and R.D. Kamien. “Breaking the rules for topological defects: Smectic order on conical substrates”, Physical Review E 86 (2012) 011707.
- A. Honglawan, D.A. Beller, M. Cavallaro, R.D. Kamien, K.J. Stebe, and S. Yang. “Pillar-assisted epitaxial assembly of toric focal conic domains of smectic-A liquid crystals”, Advanced Materials 23 (2011) 5519– 5523.
- E. Barry, D. Beller, and Z. Dogic. “A model liquid crystalline system based on rodlike viruses with variable chirality and persistence length”, Soft Matter 5 (2009) 2563–2570.
Invited Commentaries
Invited Commentaries
- M.A. Gharbi, D.A. Beller, A. Honglawan, K.J. Stebe, S. Yang, and R.D. Kamien. “Controlling liquid crystal defects”, SPIE Newsroom (2014) 10.1117/2.1201402.005369.