Thermotropic liquid crystals can be formed by various molecular shapes, some discovered
over 125 years ago. The simplest and most-studied liquid crystals are made of rod-shaped …

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 …

Different liquid crystalline phases with long-range orientational but not positional order, so-
called nematic phases, are scarce. New nematic phases are rarely discovered, and such an …

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

We present a comprehensive set of measurements of optical, dielectric, diamagnetic, elastic,
and viscous properties in the nematic (N) phase formed by a liquid crystalline dimer. The …

Using a molecular field theory with atomistic modelling, we provide a complete description of
the elastic and flexoelectric properties of the nematic phase formed by liquid crystal dimers …

Azo-functionalised materials are of special interest due to their photochromic nature, ie
reversible trans–cis isomerisation upon photoirradiation. The combination of photosensitivity …

Bent-Shaped Liquid Crystals: Structures and Physical Properties provides insight into the
latest developments in the research on liquid crystals formed by bent-shaped mesogens …

In 2001, Dozov predicted that twist-bend nematic phase can be spontaneously formed when
K 33< 0 and K 11/K 22> 2, and this phase has recently been discovered in bimesogens. To …

Using a combination of dynamic light scattering and Freedericksz transitions induced in
applied magnetic and electric fields, we have determined the absolute magnitudes of the …