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20242026
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5 papers

cond-mat.soft2026

Landau theory applied to antiferroelectric ordering in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals

Manisha Badu, Arjun Ghimire, Milon +6

The polarization and density modulation associated with antiferroelectric ordering is studied experimentally as a function of temperature in two ferroelectric nematic liquid crysta…

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

Giant Electro-Viscous Effects in Polar Fluids with Paraelectric-Modulated Antiferroelectric-Ferroelectric Phase Sequence

Hiroya Nishikawa, Péter Salamon, Marcell Tibor Máthé +2

The recently discovered ferroelectric nematic liquid-crystal material DIO exhibits an antiferroelectric (AF) phase, characterized by a sinusoidally modulated structure between the…

cond-mat.soft2024

Transient Negative Capacitance in Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals

Netra Prasad Dhakal, Alex Adaka, Robert J. Twieg +1

The transient negative capacitance (NC) of solid ferroelectric materials used in field effect transistors can reduce the power dissipation of electronics. Here we show that similar…