@article{TEXTUAL, recid = {11013}, author = {Jin, Hyeong Min and Li, Xiao and Dolan, James A. and Joseph Kline, R. and Martínez-González, José A. and Ren, Jiaxing and Zhou, Chun and de Pablo, Juan J. and Nealey, Paul F.}, title = {Soft crystal martensites: An in situ resonant soft x-ray scattering study of a liquid crystal martensitic transformation}, journal = {Science Advances}, address = {2020-03-27}, number = {TEXTUAL}, abstract = {Liquid crystal blue phases (BPs) are three-dimensional soft crystals with unit cell sizes orders of magnitude larger than those of classic, atomic crystals. The directed self-assembly of BPs on chemically patterned surfaces uniquely enables detailed in situ resonant soft x-ray scattering measurements of martensitic phase transformations in these systems. The formation of twin lamellae is explicitly identified during the BPII-to-BPI transformation, further corroborating the martensitic nature of this transformation and broadening the analogy between soft and atomic crystal diffusionless phase transformations to include their strain-release mechanisms.}, url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/11013}, }