Force-Induced Formation of Twisted Chiral Ribbons

Physical Review Letters
Andrew BalchunasThomas R Powers

Abstract

We demonstrate that an achiral stretching force transforms disk-shaped colloidal membranes composed of chiral rods into twisted ribbons with handedness opposite the preferred twist of the rods. Using an experimental technique that enforces torque-free boundary conditions we simultaneously measure the force-extension curve and the ribbon shape. An effective theory that accounts for the membrane bending energy and uses geometric properties of the edge to model the internal liquid crystalline degrees of freedom explains both the measured force-extension curve and the force-induced twisted shape.

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