3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Ferroelectric Nematic and Smectic Liquid Crystals with Sub-Molecular Spatial Correlations
Parikshit Guragain, Arjun Ghimire, Manisha Badu +6
A number of highly polar three ring rod-shaped compounds with a terminal thiophene ring have been synthesized and the physical properties of a subset are reported in detail. On coo…
cond-mat.soft2025
Freedericskz Transitions in the Nematic and Smectic ZA Phases of DIO
J. T. Gleeson, S. N. Sprunt, A. Jákli +2
The remarkable material DIO presents fascinating behaviors. It has been extensively studied as one of the first materials exhibiting a ferroelectric nematic phase. However, at high…
cond-mat.soft2025
Director-layer dynamics in the antiferroelectric smectic-ZA phase of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal
Arjun Ghimire, Bijaya Basnet, Hao Wang +7
A dynamic light scattering study of director-layer fluctuations in the antiferroelectric smectic-ZA phase of the ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal DIO is reported. The dynamics…