Molecular heterogeneity drives reconfigurable nematic liquid crystal d
With few exceptions1–3, polydispersity or molecular heterogeneity in matter tends to impede self-assembly and state transformation. For example, shape transformations of liquid droplets with monodisperse ingredients have been reported in equilibrium4–7 and non-equilibrium studies8,9, and these transition phenomena were understood on the basis of homogeneous material responses. Here, by contrast,…