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'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…
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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…