2 papers
cond-mat.soft2022
Critical splay fluctuations and colossal flexoelectric effect above non-polar to polar nematic phase transition
Abinash Barthakur, Jakub Karcz, Przemyslaw Kula +1
The recent discovery of nematic liquid crystals with polar order (ferroelectric nematic) has created immense interest. Despite intensive research, several physical properties of th…
cond-mat.soft2021
Dynamics of a sheared twist bend nematic liquid crystal
M. Praveen Kumar, Jakub Karcz, Przemyslaw Kula +1
We study the flow behaviour of a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal. It shows three distinct shear stress () responses in a certain range of temperatures and shear rat…