Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of
advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) …

This article analyzes modulated phases in liquid crystals, from the long-established
cholesteric and blue phases to the recently discovered twist-bend, splay-bend, and splay …

Recent experimental realization of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phases stimulated
material development and numerous experimental studies of these phases, guided by their …

We report the observation of the smectic AF, a liquid crystal phase of the ferroelectric
nematic realm. The smectic AF is a phase of small polar, rod-shaped molecules that form …

Recently, a type of ferroelectric nematic fluid has been discovered in liquid crystals in which
the molecular polar nature at molecule level is amplified to macroscopic scales through a …

Polar liquid crystals possess 3D orientational order coupled with unidirectional electric
polarity, yielding fluid ferroelectrics. Such polar phases are generated by rod‐like molecules …

Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals represent not only fascinating, fundamental science, but
they also hold promise for new technologies including high-density power storage or sub …

This article re-examines a classic question in liquid-crystal physics: What are the elastic
modes of a nematic liquid crystal? The analysis uses a recent mathematical construction …

Over the past decade, solid‐state cholesteric liquid crystals (CLCsolid) have emerged as a
promising photonic material, heralding new opportunities for the advancement of optical …

Understanding the impact of curvature on the self-assembly of elongated microscopic
building blocks, such as molecules and proteins, is key to engineering functional materials …