Simulation of a liquid crystal droplet with an adsorbed nanoparticle (top). Plot of the order parameter and field lines within the droplet (bottom). Selected for an Editors’ Suggestion.

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Nematic-Field-Driven Positioning of Particles in Liquid Crystal Droplets
Jonathan K. Whitmer, Xiaoguang Wang, Frederic Mondiot, Daniel S. Miller, Nicholas L. Abbott, and Juan J. de Pablo
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 227801 (2013)

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