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cond-mat.soft2015
The Design and Investigation of the Self-Assembly of Dimers with two Nematic Phases
Z. Ahmed, C. Welch, G. H. Mehl
A series of non-symmetric dimers were synthesised containing either cyanobiphenyl or difluoroterphenyl moieties on one side and a range of long, short, bent, polar or apolar mesoge…
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Hierarchy of Periodic patterns in the twist-bend nematic phase of mesogenic dimers
Vitaly P. Panov, Michael C. M. Varney, Ivan I. Smalyukh +3
Several attractive properties of hydrocarbon-linked mesogenic dimers have been discovered, a major feature of these has been the ability of dimers under confinement to form periodi…