Extended Data Fig. 4: Computer simulated director configuration of an elastic monopole.
From: Elastic colloidal monopoles and reconfigurable self-assembly in liquid crystals
a, Cross-sections of the director structure in the x–z, y–z and x–y planes passing through the centre of the structure. The local director orientation is shown by grey cylinders with blue and red ends. b, Zoomed-in view of the cross-sections shown in a. c, Distance dependence of the director deviation nx along the z axis. The simulated results (black squares) are fitted with the function nx ∝−1/r anticipated for monopoles (red lines). R represents the effective particle size.
