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Polar In-Plane Surface Orientation of a Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystal: Polar Monodomains and Twisted State Electro-Optics
Xi Chen, Eva Korblova, Matthew A. Glaser +3
We show that surface interactions can vectorially structure the three-dimensional polariza-tion field of a ferroelectric fluid. The contact between a ferroelectric nematic liquid c…
Coalescence of Islands in Freely-Suspended Smectic Films
Z. H. Nguyen, K. Harth, A. M. Goldfain +4
Smectic liquid crystal films a few molecular layers thick that are freely suspended in air are used as a model system to study the coalescence of fluids in two dimensions. High-spe…
First-Principles Experimental Demonstration of Ferroelectricity in a Thermotropic Nematic Liquid Crystal: Spontaneous Polar Domains and Striking Electro-Optics
Xi Chen, Eva Korblova, Dengpan Dong +8
We report the experimental determination of the structure and response to applied electric field of the lower-temperature nematic phase of the previously reported calamitic compoun…