Interest in the smectic liquid‐crystalline state of matter received a substantial boost with the
discovery by Meyer in the mid‐1970s that a chiral smectic C (SmC*) phase exhibits a …

The majority of low molar mass calamitic mesogenic systems in the literature contain linear
cores based on the 1, 4-disubstituted phenyl ring. Heterocyclic cores such as thiophene …

We have structurally characterized the liquid crystal (LC) phase that can appear as an
intermediate state when a dielectric nematic, having polar disorder of its molecular dipoles …

This work covers the chemistry and physics of polymeric materials and their uses in the
fields of electronics, photonics, and biomedical engineering. It discusses the relationship …

Given the widespread interest in macroscopic phenomena in liquid crystals, stemming from
their applications in displays and devices. The need has arisen for a rigorous yet accessible …

Ferroelectric liquid crystals have been a major research topic since 30 years. However,
when it comes to liquid crystals, the term “ferroelectric” is strongly ambiguous and frequently …

As their name indicates, liquid crystals simultaneously exhibit some characteristics common
to both ordinary isotropic liquids and solid crystals. This ambivalence is also found in the …

Liquid crystals are partially ordered systems without a rigid, long-range structure. The study
of these materials covers a wide area: chemical structure, physical properties and technical …

Any polar-ordered material with a spatially uniform polarization field is internally frustrated:
The symmetry-required local preference for polarization is to be nonuniform, ie, to be locally …

A new switching process was observed in surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystals. The
switching is associated with a third stable state in addition to the well-known bistable states …