2 papers
cond-mat.soft2020
First-Principles Experimental Demonstration of Ferroelectricity in a Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal: Spontaneous Polar Domains and Striking Electro-Optics
Xi Chen, Eva Korblova, Dengpan Dong +8
We report the experimental determination of the structure and response to applied electric field of the lower-temperature nematic phase of the previously reported calamitic compoun…
cond-mat.mes-hall2019
Liquid-Like Interfaces Mediate Structural Phase Transitions in Lead Halide Perovskites
Connor G. Bischak, Minliang Lai, Dylan Lu +11
Microscopic pathways of structural phase transitions are difficult to probe because they occur over multiple, disparate time and length scales. Using nanoscale cathodol…