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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…
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…
Ferroelectric nematic -- isotropic critical end point
Jadwiga Szydlowska, Pawel Majewski, Mojca ÄepiÄ +8
A critical end point above which an isotropic phase continuously evolves into a polar (ferroelectric) nematic phase with an increasing electric field is found in a ferroelectric ne…
Rapid Conformational Analysis of Semi-Flexible Liquid Crystals
Jordan L. Hobbs, Calum J. Gibb, Ewan Cruickshank +2
We present an approach for rapid conformational analysis of semi-flexible liquid crystals. We use a simple graphical user interface (GUI) tool that leverages rules-based methods fo…