2 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
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…
cond-mat.soft2025
Twist Grain Boundary phases in proper ferroelectric liquid crystals realm
Damian Pociecha, Jadwiga Szydlowska, NataÅ¡a VaupotiÄ +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…