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SUBMITTER: Hashemi SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5286210 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20170124
Fractals are remarkable examples of self-similarity where a structure or dynamic pattern is repeated over multiple spatial or time scales. However, little is known about how fractal stimuli such as fractal surfaces interact with their local environment if it exhibits order. Here we show geometry-induced formation of fractal defect states in Koch nematic colloids, exhibiting fractal self-similarity better than 90% over three orders of magnitude in the length scales, from micrometers to nanometres ...[more]