Parallel Session [T6-07B]

[T6-07B-07] Sculpting liquid crystal skyrmions with external flows

*Rodrigo C. V. Coelho¹, Hanqing Zhao², Mykola Tasinkevych^1,3,4, Ivan I. Smalyukh^5,6,7,4, Margarida M. Telo da Gama1¹ (1. Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. , 2. Department of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center University of Colorado Boulder, USA., 3. SOFT Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Nottingham, UK. , 4. International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Japan., 5. Department of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center University of Colorado Boulder, USA, 6. Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of Colorado, Boulder., 7. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and University of Colorado, Boulder.)

Keywords:Liquid crystals, Topological defects, Fluid dynamics, lattice Boltzmann method