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20172026
most citedElastic and viscous properties of nematic dimer CB7CB

107 citations · 155 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cond-mat.soft2026

Rheological properties and shear-induced structures of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals

Ashish Chandra Das, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Oleg D. Lavrentovich

Recently discovered ferroelectric nematic (NF) liquid crystals are fluids with a polar orientational order. The electric polarization vector can be aligned by an electric field and…

cond-mat.soft2025

Helix alignment, chevrons, and edge dislocations in twist-bend ferroelectric nematics

Bijaya Basnet, Priyanka Kumari, Sathyanarayana Paladugu +6

We explore surface alignment and edge dislocations in the recently discovered twist-bend ferroelectric nematic, NTBF, in which the vector of spontaneous polarization follows an obl…

cond-mat.soft2025

Sub-microsecond electric switching of large birefringence in the isotropic phase of ferroelectric nematics

Kamal Thapa, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Oleg D. Lavrentovich

Conventional nonpolar nematic liquid crystals, widely known for their successful display applications, are not well-suited for fast electro-optical switching because of the slow (m…

cond-mat.soft2024

Periodic splay Fréedericksz transitions in a ferroelectric nematic

Bijaya Basnet, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Oleksandr Kurochkin +5

Electric field-induced splay of molecular orientation, called the Fréedericksz transition, is a fundamental electro-optic phenomenon in nonpolar nematic liquid crystals. In a ferro…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 16 cited

Microsecond electro-optic switching in the nematic phase of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal

Kamal Thapa, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Oleg D. Lavrentovich

Nematic liquid crystals exhibit nanosecond electro-optic response to an applied electric field which modifies the degree of orientational order without realigning the molecular ori…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 5 cited

Trapping of isotropic droplets by disclinations in nematic liquid crystals controlled by surface anchoring and elastic constant disparity

Nilanthi P. Haputhanthrige, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Maxim O. Lavrentovich +1

Linear defects such as dislocations and disclinations in ordered materials attract foreign particles since they replace strong elastic distortions at the defect cores. In this work…