Fig. 2: Patterned nematic structures by 3D topographic and photoaligned substrates.
From: Self-assembled liquid crystal architectures for soft matter photonics
a Topological defect arrays controlled by patterned air pillars65. Adapted from ref. 65, with permission from AAAS. b Topographically and chemically patterned saddle-splay microstructures66. Reproduced from ref. 66, with permission from Springer Nature: Nature Communications. c-e Photopatterning of NLCs enabled by DMD-based micro-lithography setup67, plasmonic metamask72, and functional azobenzene-containing surface monolayers73, respectively. Reproduced from ref. 67, with permission from Wiley-VCH. Reproduced from ref. 72, with permission from Wiley-VCH73. Reproduced from ref. 73, with permission from National Academy of Sciences
