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Entropy stabilized form chirality in curved rod nematics: structure and symmetries
Alexandros G. Vanakaras, Edward T. Samulski, Demetri J. Photinos
Monte Carlo molecular simulations of curve-shaped rods show the propensity of such shapes to polymorphism revealing both smectic and polar nematic phases. The nematic exhibits a na…
'Setting things straight' by twisting and bending?
Edward T. Samulski, Alexandros G. Vanakaras, Demetri J. Photinos
We explain the origins of the controversy about the classification of the phase observed in cyanobiphenyl dimers and why it is a polar twisted phase, an entirely new kind of…
The Twist Bend Nematic: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Edward T. Samulski, Alexandros G. Vanakaras, Demetri J. Photinos
We review the physics underlying Meyer's conjecture of how macroscopic-scale twist and bend conspire within the Frank-Oseen elasticity theory of nematics to create a heliconical ar…
Probing Molecular Ordering in the Nematic Phases of para-Linked Bimesogen Dimers through NMR Studies of Flexible Prochiral Solutes
Leah M. Heist, Edward T. Samulski, Chris Welch +4
The quadrupolar splittings of perdeuteriated n-decane dissolved in nematic phases formed by mesogenic dimers of the CBnCB series, for n=7,9,10,11 are measured throughout the entire…
Evidence that rotons in helium II are interstitial atoms
Robert M Brady, Edward T Samulski, David H P Turban
Superfluid helium II contains excitations known as rotons. Their properties have been studied experimentally for more than 70 years but their structure is not fully understood. Fey…