Bent-core (BC) materials that form nematic liquid crystals (BC nematics (BCNs)) are known
only since 2000, but since then they have been intensively studied. In this review we give a …

Considerable progress has been achieved in understanding the fascinating structure and
physical properties of the ferroelectric liquid crystalline phases formed by bent-core liquid …

Liquid crystals (LCs) represent a challenging group of materials for direct transmission
electron microscopy (TEM) studies due to the complications in specimen preparation and …

Polarized Raman Spectroscopy (PRS) is used to quantify the orientational order in the
conventional (N) and twist-bend (NTB) nematic phases of a homologous series of liquid …

Several series of bent‐core mesogens derived from 3, 5‐diphenyl‐1, 2, 4‐oxadiazole with or
without lateral groups and with different length terminal chains at both ends, and polycatenar …

The recent discovery of a ferroelectric response to a switching electric field in nematic
phases exhibited by bent-core polar molecules, particularly 1, 2, 4-oxdiazole derivatives …

We demonstrate subnanometer resolution cryo-TEM imaging of smectic layers in the smectic
and nematic phases of two bent-core liquid crystals. Our results show perfect periodicity over …

In recent years, liquid crystals (LCs) responding to light or electrical fields have gained
significant importance as multifunctional materials. Herein, two new series of …

Organic ferroelectrics are of growing importance for multifunctional materials. Here we
provide an understanding of the distinct stages of the development of sterically induced …

Analogous to rod-shaped and disc-shaped molecules, bent-core molecules also exhibit
nematic phases, in addition to other higher order mesophases. Presently, about 600 bent …