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cond-mat.soft2026

Landau theory applied to antiferroelectric ordering in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals

Manisha Badu, Arjun Ghimire, Milon +6

The polarization and mass density modulation associated with antiferroelectric ordering in two ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals, a prototypical single compound (referred to as…

cond-mat.soft2026

Electrochromic chiral ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals

Md Sakhawat Hossain Himel, James T. Gleeson, Robert J. Twieg +2

Chiral nematic liquid crystals are one-dimensional photonic band-gap materials whose reflection wavelength can be well tuned by temperature, but only limited and irreversible tunin…

cond-mat.soft2025

Low-Power Temperature Control by Chiral Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystal Windows

Md Sakhawat Hossain Himel, Rohan Dharmarathna, Netra Prasad Dhakal +5

Low power consumption is critical for smart windows for temperature control and privacy. The recently discovered ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals exhibit strong coupling of th…

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★ 1 cited

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…

cond-mat.soft2024

Confinement and magnetic field effect on chiral ferroelectric nematic in Grandjean-Cano wedge cells

Kamal Thapa, Olena S. Iadlovska, Bijaya Basnet +4

We explore the structure and magnetic field response of edge dislocations in Grandjean-Cano wedge cells filled with chiral mixtures of the ferroelectric nematic mesogen DIO. Upon c…