A new flexoelectric mode in twist-bend nematic liquid crystals
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DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111707
Abstract: Abstract Mesogenic dimers in the twist-bend nematic phase exhibit much higher flexoelectric polarization than in their uniform nematic phase. In order to theoretically investigate this data, we extend the symmetry based linear elastic theory of… read more here.
Keywords: new flexoelectric; bend nematic; twist bend; nematic phase ... See more keywords
Dielectric and electro-optic properties of cybotactic nematic phase in hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals
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DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112726
Abstract: Abstract The new compounds 4-decyloxy-2-fluorobenzoic acid and 4-dodecyloxy-2-fluorobenzoic acid display hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals (HBLC) of smectic and nematic phases. Their phase behavior established using polarizing optical microscopy (POM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray diffraction… read more here.
Keywords: hydrogen bonded; phase; nematic phase; liquid crystals ... See more keywords
Liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: On the role of spacers and terminal alkyl chains
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DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114391
Abstract: Abstract The synthesis and characterisation of four series of liquid crystal dimers based on benzylideneaniline mesogenic units, and in which the lengths of terminal alkyloxy chains are varied are reported. The series differ in terms… read more here.
Keywords: twist bend; nematic phase; liquid crystal; bend nematic ... See more keywords
Additive-Free MXene Liquid Crystals and Fibers
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DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b01217
Abstract: The discovery of liquid crystalline (LC) phases in dispersions of two-dimensional (2D) materials has enabled the development of macroscopically aligned three-dimensional (3D) macrostructures. Here, we report the first experimental observation of self-assembled LC phases in… read more here.
Keywords: free mxene; additive free; liquid; nematic phase ... See more keywords
Momentum dependent [Formula: see text] band splitting in LaFeAsO.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75600-w
Abstract: The nematic phase in iron based superconductors (IBSs) has attracted attention with a notion that it may provide important clue to the superconductivity. A series of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) studies were performed to understand… read more here.
Keywords: see text; formula see; band splitting; nematic phase ... See more keywords
Phase behaviour of hard board-like particles.
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DOI: 10.1039/c7sm00726d
Abstract: We examine the phase behaviour of colloidal suspensions of hard board-like particles (HBPs) as a function of their shape anisotropy, and observe a fascinating spectrum of nematic, smectic, and columnar liquid-crystalline phases, whose formation is… read more here.
Keywords: phase; nematic phase; board like; phase behaviour ... See more keywords
Polarisation-driven magneto-optical and nonlinear-optical behaviour of a room-temperature ferroelectric nematic phase.
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DOI: 10.1039/d2sm01298g
Abstract: Nematics with a broken polar symmetry are one of the fascinating recent discoveries in the field of soft matter. High spontaneous polarisation and the fluidity of the ferroelectric nematic NF phase make such materials attractive… read more here.
Keywords: polarisation; ferroelectric nematic; nematic phase; temperature ferroelectric ... See more keywords
A splay-twist phase stabilized by the interaction between the nematic and torsional fields in nematics.
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DOI: 10.1039/d5sm00565e
Abstract: A free energy density for the nematic phase with two symmetry elements - the director, n, and the vector defining the helix direction, t - can be constructed as an extension of the Frank free… read more here.
Keywords: twist phase; stabilized interaction; phase stabilized; splay twist ... See more keywords
Possible observation of quantum spin-nematic phase in a frustrated magnet
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821969116
Abstract: Significance Spin-nematic state in frustrated ferromagnet is one of the exotic states of matter at high magnetic field that could arise as the Bose–Einstein condensation of the two-magnon bound state. Its experimental detection in a… read more here.
Keywords: state; quantum; nematic phase; spin ... See more keywords
The evolution of the molecular relaxation parameters described by the Cole–Cole model at the isotropic-nematic phase transition*
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DOI: 10.1080/01411594.2019.1569234
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper presents the dielectric properties of the isotropic liquid and nematic phase at the phase transition. One strong molecular relaxation is observed in both phases. It is interpreted as related to the relaxation… read more here.
Keywords: phase; relaxation; transition; phase transition ... See more keywords
Conoscopic image of a biaxial negative in a reentrant discotic – biaxial nematic phase transition
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DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2020.1836279
Abstract: ABSTRACT Conoscopic images have confirmed the occurrence of biaxial positive ( and biaxial negative ( ) nematic phases between the two uniaxial nematic (discotic – and calamitic – ) phases. Biaxial positive ( ) nematic… read more here.
Keywords: phase; conoscopic image; biaxial nematic; nematic phase ... See more keywords