Twist-bend nematic phases in binary mixtures of banana-shaped liquid crystalline molecules
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DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2017.1395483
Abstract: ABSTRACT We present a mean field theory to describe twist-bend nematic () phases in binary mixtures of banana shaped, such as bent-core or dimer, liquid crystalline (LC) molecules with , where is a twist and… read more here.
Keywords: binary mixtures; bend nematic; phases binary; twist bend ... See more keywords
Stabilizing polar phases in binary metal oxides by hole doping
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevmaterials.7.044412
Abstract: The recent observation of ferroelectricity in the metastable phases of binary metal oxides, such as HfO2, ZrO2, Hf0.5Zr0.5O2, and Ga2O3, has garnered a lot of attention. These metastable ferroelectric phases are typically stabilized through epitaxial… read more here.
Keywords: hole doping; stabilizing polar; binary metal; metal oxides ... See more keywords