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most citedFerroelectric nematic -- isotropic critical end point

30 citations · 37 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cond-mat.soft2024★ 3 cited

Rapid Conformational Analysis of Semi-Flexible Liquid Crystals

Jordan L. Hobbs, Calum J. Gibb, Ewan Cruickshank +2

We present an approach for rapid conformational analysis of semi-flexible liquid crystals. We use a simple graphical user interface (GUI) tool that leverages rules-based methods fo…

cond-mat.soft2023

To be or not to be polar: the ferroelectric and antiferroelectric nematic phases

Ewan Cruickshank, Paulina Rybak, Magdalena Majewska +8

We report the properties of two new series of compounds that show the ferroelectric nematic phase in which the length of a terminal chain is varied. The longer the terminal chain,…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 30 cited

Ferroelectric nematic -- isotropic critical end point

Jadwiga Szydlowska, Pawel Majewski, Mojca Čepič +8

A critical end point above which an isotropic phase continuously evolves into a polar (ferroelectric) nematic phase with an increasing electric field is found in a ferroelectric ne…

cond-mat.soft2021★ 4 cited

Intrinsically chiral ferronematic liquid crystals

D. Pociecha, R. Walker, E. Cruickshank +8

Strongly dipolar mesogenic compounds with a chiral center located in a lateral alkyl chain were synthesized, and shown to form the ferroelectric nematic phase. The presence of mole…

cond-mat.soft2021

Multiple polar and non-polar nematic phases

S. Brown, E. Cruickshank, J. M. D. Storey +5

Liquid crystal materials exhibiting up to three nematic phases are reported. Dielectric response measurements show that while the lower temperature nematic phase has ferroelectric…

cond-mat.soft2020

Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics

Olena S. Iadlovska, Greta Babakhanova, Georg H. Mehl +7

Elastic moduli of liquid crystals, known as Frank constants, are of quintessential importance for understanding fundamental properties of these materials and for the design of thei…