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Interplay of polar order and positional order in liquid crystals -- observation of re-entrant ferroelectric nematic phase
Grant Strachan, Shona Ramsay, Marijus Juodka +6
We show that development of polar order may spontaneously destroy the lamellar structure of a liquid crystal. This results in an unusual sequence of phases with the ferroelectric n…
Twist Grain Boundary phases in proper ferroelectric liquid crystals realm
Damian Pociecha, Jadwiga Szydlowska, Nataša Vaupotič +7
The twist-grain-boundary (TGB) phases, characterized by a periodic, helical arrangement of blocks made of polar smectic phases, SmAF and SmCF, have been discovered. They have been…
To be or not to be polar: the ferroelectric and antiferroelectric nematic phases
Ewan Cruickshank, Paulina Rybak, Magdalena Majewska +8
We report the properties of two new series of compounds that show the ferroelectric nematic phase in which the length of a terminal chain is varied. The longer the terminal chain,…
Ferroelectric nematic -- isotropic critical end point
Jadwiga Szydlowska, Pawel Majewski, Mojca Čepič +8
A critical end point above which an isotropic phase continuously evolves into a polar (ferroelectric) nematic phase with an increasing electric field is found in a ferroelectric ne…
Intrinsically chiral ferronematic liquid crystals
D. Pociecha, R. Walker, E. Cruickshank +8
Strongly dipolar mesogenic compounds with a chiral center located in a lateral alkyl chain were synthesized, and shown to form the ferroelectric nematic phase. The presence of mole…
Multiple polar and non-polar nematic phases
S. Brown, E. Cruickshank, J. M. D. Storey +5
Liquid crystal materials exhibiting up to three nematic phases are reported. Dielectric response measurements show that while the lower temperature nematic phase has ferroelectric…