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Dynamic control of speed and trajectories of active droplets in a nematic environment by electric field and focused laser beam
Mojtaba Rajabi, Hend Baza, Hao Wang +1
One objective of active matter science is to unveil principles by which chaotic microscale dynamics could be transformed into useful work. A nematic liquid crystal environment offe…
Elastic and electro-optical properties of flexible fluorinated dimers with negative dielectric anisotropy
Greta Babakhanova, Hao Wang, Mojtaba Rajabi +3
We report the synthesis and the temperature dependencies of optical, dielectric, and elastic properties of four homologous dimeric mesogens in the uniaxial nematic (N) phase.
Liquid crystal phases with unusual structures and physical properties formed by acute-angle bent-core molecules
Bing-Xiang Li, Yuriy A. Nastishin, Hao Wang +7
Liquid crystals formed by acute-angle bent-core (ABC) molecules with a 1,7 naphthalene central core show an intriguing phase behavior with the nematic phase accompanied by poorly u…
Enhanced nanosecond electro-optic effect in isotropic and nematic phases of dielectrically negative nematics doped by strongly polar additive
Bing-Xiang Li, Volodymyr Borshch, Hao Wang +3
An electric field can induce or modify optical birefringence in both the isotropic and nematic phases of liquid crystals (LCs). In the isotropic phase, the electric field induces b…
Elastic and viscous properties of nematic dimer CB7CB
Greta Babakhanova, Zeinab Parsouzi, Sathyanarayana Paladugu +5
We present a comprehensive set of measurements of optical, dielectric, diamagnetic, elastic and viscous properties in the nematic (N) phase formed by a liquid crystalline dimer. Th…