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Direct visualization of local electric fields in a layer of a ferroelectric nematic liquid
Anej Sterle, Natan Osterman, Calum J. Gibb +4
Ferroelectric nematic liquids exhibit complex ferroelectric domains shaped by competing elastic and electrostatic interactions. Using fluorescence and polarizing optical microscopy…
Molecular Hyperpolarisability as a Screening Descriptor for Second-Order Nonlinear Optics in Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals
Charles Parton-Barr, Nerea Sebastian, Richard Mandle
The paper evaluates density‑functional theory calculations of molecular hyperpolarizability as a screening tool for identifying ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals with strong se…
The effect of side chain length on the mesomorphic properties of ferroelectric nematogens
Natalia Podoliak, Martin Cigl, Pavlo Golub +8
The discovery of ferroelectric nematic phase opened new directions in the field of soft matter chemistry and physics. In this paper, we have modified a previously reported ferroele…
Flexoelectricity-driven softening of bend elasticity leads to spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in a polar fluid
Aitor Erkoreka, Josu Martinez-Perdiguero, Luka Cmok +6
The origin of recently observed spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in polar fluids is an unsolved problem, and poses fundamental questions as to how heliconical structures emerge…
Elasticity-Driven Periodic Polarization Patterns in Confined Chiral Ferroelectric Nematic Fluid
Anej Sterle, Peter Medle-Rupnik, Luka Cmok +9
Ferroelectric nematic phases are a new class of polar fluids in which spontaneous polarization is directly coupled to the orientational order, providing unique opportunities for cr…
Modulated Anti-Ferroelectric Smectic Phases with Orthogonal and Tilted Structures
Jordan Hobbs, Calum J. Gibb, William C. Ogle +5
The discovery of the ferroelectric nematic phase has brought with it a plethora of new polar liquid crystalline phases. One in particular is the anti-ferroelectric smectic A SmA\te…