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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 21.
Published in final edited form as: Soft Matter. 2014 Nov 21;10(43):8627–8634. doi: 10.1039/c4sm01651c

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4

Selection of unique orientations of a 5CB droplet dispersed in nematic DSCG using a transient magnetic field. (A, D, G, J, M) Crossed polars, (B, E, H, K, N) bright field, and (C, F, I, L, O) schematic illustrations of a 5CB droplet in an aligned region of nematic DSCG. (A-C) Initial configuration of the droplet. (D-I) Configuration of the droplet after the application and removal of a magnetic field (B ∼ 0.3 T) in the z direction (see coordinate system in B). (D-F) Configuration of the droplet 30s and (G-I) 300s after the field was removed. (J-O) Configuration of the droplet after the application and removal of a magnetic field (B ∼ 0.3 T) in the y direction. (J-L) Configuration of the droplet 30s and (M-O) 300s after the field was removed. Scale bars = 10 μm.