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Fri 911:<strong>10</strong>-14:00P3.5Rod-like viruses in a wedgeOliver Dammone, 1 Pavlik Lettinga, 2 and Dirk Aarts 11 Physical Chemistry, Oxford University, South Parks Road, OX13QZ, Oxford,United Kingdom2 Institute for complex systems 3, Jülich, GermanyWe investigate the structure of a nematic phase liquid crystal in a wedge. The fd virus is used asa model rod like colloid and a small percentage is fluorescently labelled, enabling us to directlyobserve the structure at the particle level by means of laser scanning confocal microscopy. Asplay to bend transition is observed upon increasing opening angle of the wedge. The transitionis studied as a function of concentration and flexibility. Observations are interpreted in light ofongoing theoretical developments.5

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