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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…
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…
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…
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 the recently observed spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in polar fluids composed of achiral molecules is an unsolved problem, raising fundamental questions about h…
Ferroelectric Fluids for Nonlinear Photonics: Evaluation of Temperature Dependence of Second-Order Susceptibilities
Matija Lovšin, Luka Cmok, Calum J. Gibb +5
Ferroelectric nematic fluids are promising materials for tunable nonlinear photonics, with applications ranging from second harmonic generation to sources of entangled photons. How…
Antiferroelectric order in nematic liquids: Flexoelectricity vs electrostatics
Peter Medle Rupnik, Ema Hanžel, Matija Lovšin +5
The recent discovery of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phases marks a major breakthrough in soft matter research. An intermediate phase, often observed between the nonpol…
Nanostructured multiferroic liquids: on the way to fluid ferroelectric magnets
Hajnalka Nádasi, Peter Medle Rupnik, Melvin Küster +9
Responsiveness to multiple stimuli and adaptivity are paramount for designing smart multifunctional materials. In soft, partially ordered systems, these features can often be achie…
A molecular perspective on the emergence of long-range polar order from an isotropic fluid
Aitor Erkoreka, Nerea Sebastián, Alenka Mertelj +1
The ferroelectric nematic phase (N) has quickly become the most studied system in liquid crystal research. In this work, we investigate the origin of such polar struct…
Patterning of 2D second harmonic generation active arrays in ferroelectric nematic fluids
M. Lovšin, A. Petelin, B. Berteloot +8
Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals exhibit unique non-linear optical properties, with the potential to become transformative materials for photonic applications. A promising dir…
Isotropic to nematic transition in alcohol ferrofluids of barium hexaferrite nanoplatelets
Patricija Hribar Boštjančič, Žiga Gregorin, Nerea Sebastián +3
Alcohol ferrofluids made of ferrimagnetic barium hexaferrite (BHF) nanoplatelets (NPLs) form a unique example of a dipolar fluid - a liquid magnet. Its formation is induced at a hi…
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Polar Fluids
Calum Gibb, Jordan Hobbs, Diana Nikolova +3
Spontaneous symmetry breaking and emergent polar order are each of fundamental importance to a range of scientific disciplines, as well as generating rich phase behaviour in liquid…
Dielectric spectroscopy of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal and the effect of the sample thickness
Aitor Erkoreka, Josu Martinez-Perdiguero, Richard J. Mandle +2
The recently discovered ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals have been reported to exhibit very large dielectric permittivity values. Here, we report a systematic investigation of…
Viscous Mechano-Electric Response of Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid
Peter Medle Rupnik, Luka Cmok, Nerea Sebastian +1
Direct viscous mechano-electric response is demonstrated for a room-temperature ferroelectric nematic liquid, which combines large spontaneous electric polarization with 3D fluidit…
Collective and non-collective molecular dynamics in a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal studied by broadband dielectric spectroscopy
Aitor Erkoreka, Alenka Mertelj, Mingjun Huang +3
A great deal of effort has been recently devoted to the study of dielectric relaxation processes in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals, yet their interpretation remains unclear.…
Polarization patterning in ferroelectric nematic liquids
Nerea Sebastián, Matija Lovšin, Brecth Berteloot +8
The recently discovered ferroelectric nematic liquids incorporate to the functional combination of fluidity, processability and anisotropic optical properties of nematic liquids, a…
Role of ionic surfactant in magnetic dynamics of self-assembled dispersions of nanoplatelets
Hajnalka Nádasi, Melvin Küster, Alenka Mertelj +9
In complex colloidal systems, interparticle interactions strongly affect the dynamics of the constituting particles. A study of the dynamical response also provides invaluable info…
Running streams of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal on a lithium niobate surface
Luka Cmok, Virginie Coda, Nerea Sebastián +6
Sessile droplets of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline material were exposed to surface electric fields produced by pyroelectric and photogalvanic (photovoltaic) effects in…
Light-induced dynamics of liquid-crystalline droplets on the surface of iron-doped lithium niobate crystals
Luka Cmok, Nerea Sebastián, Alenka Mertelj +3
We investigated the effect of a photovoltaic field generated on the surface of iron-doped lithium niobate crystals on droplets of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline and a s…
Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phases
Nerea Sebastián, Martin Čopič, Alenka Mertelj
Recent experimental realization of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phases stimulated material development and numerous experimental studies of these new phases, guided by…
Electrooptics of mm-scale polar domains in the ferroelectric splay nematic phase
Nerea Sebastián, Richard. J. Mandle, Andrej Petelin +2
The recent discovery of the ferroelectric splay nematic phase has opened the door to experimental investigation of one of the most searched liquid crystal phases in decades, with h…
On the molecular origins of the ferroelectric splay nematic phase
Richard J. Mandle, Nerea Sebastián, Josu Martinez-Perdiguero +1
Nematic liquid crystals have been known for more than a century, but it was not until the 60s-70s that, with the development of room temperature nematics, they became widely used i…
Ferroelectric-ferroelastic phase transition in a nematic liquid crystal
Nerea Sebastián, Luka Cmok, Richard J. Mandle +4
Ferroelectric ordering in liquids is a fundamental question of physics. Here, we show that ferroelectric ordering of the molecules causes formation of recently reported splay nemat…
Q-tensor model of twist-bend and splay nematic phases
Martin Čopič, Alenka Mertelj
The twist-bend nematic phase (NTB) is characterized by a conically twisting director and by a dramatic softening of the bend elastic constant before the transition to NTB phase. In…