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Polar order in a fluid like ferroelectric with a tilted lamellar structure -- observation of a polar smectic C (SmC) phase
Jordan Hobbs, Calum J. Gibb, Damian Pociecha +3
The discovery of fluid states of matter with spontaneous bulk polar order is appreciated as a major discovery in the fields of soft matter and liquid crystals. Typically, this mani…
Nematic and smectic phases with proper ferroelectric order
Grant J. Strachan, Ewa Górecka, Jadwiga Szydłowska +2
A material showing a sequence of three ferroelectric liquid crystalline phases below the paraelectric nematic phase has been synthesized and studied. The polar order of molecules a…
Tilt or twist-competing synclinic and anticlinic interactions in SmC phases of bent-core mesogens
Jiří Svoboda, Václav Kozmík, Kvetoslava Bajzíková +5
Recent liquid-crystalline (LC) research is focused on structurally new molecular systems distinct from simple nematic or smectic phases. Sophisticated molecular shape may reveal st…
Interpretation of dielectric spectroscopy measurements of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
Vojko Matko, Ewa Gorecka, Damian Pociecha +2
The magnitude of the relative permittivity of the ferroelectric nematic phase (NF) is under a lively scientific discussion since the phase was recently discovered. Dielectric spect…
Spontaneous polar and chiral symmetry breaking in ordered fluids -- heliconical ferroelectric nematic phases
Jakub Karcz, Jakub Herman, Natan Rychłowicz +5
It is known that the chiral interaction described by Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DMI) term lead to the plethora of topological structures of magnetic spins, such as helical or skyrmion…
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,…