Elastocapillary thinning dynamics in ferroelectric nematic filaments
B. Bag·Surajit Dhara·Anirban Debnath·Tejasvi Hegde·Harish N. Dixit·Jakub Karcz·Przemysław Kula·K. Anaswara Das
Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals (FNLCs) represent an emerging class of functional soft materials that combine the orientational order of nematic liquid crystals with spontaneous electrical polarization. In a striking departure from the conventional nonpolar nematic liquid crystals, FNLCs form freely suspended liquid filaments that thin in time. These filaments exhibit a two-stage thinning dynamics, consisting of an initial elastocapillary regime followed by a terminal visco-elastocapillary