Two nematic twisted bipolar 50 µm droplets of opposite handedness coexisting with the isotropic phase of the liquid crystal. The droplets rotate in opposite directions due to a temperature gradient.

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Continuous Rotation of Achiral Nematic Liquid Crystal Droplets Driven by Heat Flux
Jordi Ignés-Mullol, Guilhem Poy, and Patrick Oswald
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 057801 (2016)

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