2 papers
cond-mat.soft2024
An active hydroelastic liquid crystal phase of a fluttering ferroelectric nematic
Xi Chen, Cory Pecinovsky, Eva Korblova +5
Polarization flutter, produced by an applied AC electric field drives an equilibrium ferroelectric nematic () liquid crystal (LC) through a transition into a dissipat…
cond-mat.soft2005
Pretransitional behavior in a water-DDAB-5CB microemulsion close to the demixing transition. Evidence for intermicellar attraction mediated by paranematic fluctuations
Marco Caggioni, Achille Giacometti, Tommaso Bellini +3
We present a study of a water-in-oil microemulsion in which surfactant coated water nanodroplets are dispersed in the isotropic phase of the thermotropic liquid crystal 5CB. As the…