2 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Spontaneous Twist of Ferroelectric Smectic Blocks in Polar Fluids
Hiroya Nishikawa, Yasushi Okumura, Dennis Kwaria +2
In soft matter, the polar orientational order of molecules can facilitate the coexistence of structural chirality and ferroelectricity. The ferroelectric nematic (NF) state, exhibi…
cond-mat.soft2024
Ferroelectric Smectic C Liquid Crystal Phase with Spontaneous Polarization in the Direction of the Director
Hirotsugu Kikuchi, Hiroya Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Matsukizono +4
In our previous study, we demonstrated the existence of an unidentified ferroelectric smectic phase in the low-temperature region of the ferroelectric smectic A phase, where the la…