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DescriptionLiquid Crystal Colloids.tif	English: This polygonal texture displayed by the smectic liquid crystal is the result of half focal-conic domains that pack to fill the half hemispherical space with bases of the cones located at the aqueous interface of the Janus droplet. We have recently demonstrated that these liquid crystal-generated topological singularities are powerful templates for the spatial organization of biomolecules for biological and sensing technologies (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.9b09216). Español: La textura poligonal exhibida por el cristal líquido esméctico es el resultado de medios dominios cónico-focales que se empaquetan en el hemisferio cristal líquido con las bases de los conos dirigidas hacia la interfase acuosa. Recientemente hemos demostrado que estas singularidades topológicas generadas en el cristal líquido pueden utilizarse a modo de plantilla para la organización espacial de biomoléculas, lo que resulta de gran interés para aplicaciones biológicas y sensores (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jacs.9b09216).
Date	15 November 2019
Source	Own work
Author	Alberto Concellón

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