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 …

Mesogenic soft materials, having single or multiple mesogen moieties per molecule,
commonly exhibit typical self‐organization characteristics, which promotes the formation of …

Although the existence of the twist-bend (NTB) and splay-bend (NSB) nematic phases was
predicted long ago, only the former has as yet been observed experimentally, whereas the …

When chiral liquid crystals or magnets are subjected to applied fields or other anisotropic
environments, the competition between favored twist and anisotropy leads to the formation …

The curvature of elongated microscopic building blocks plays a crucial role on their self-
assembly into orientationally ordered phases. While rod-like molecules form a handful of …

The dielectric spectra of the twist bend nematic phase (N TB) of an achiral asymmetric bent-
core liquid crystalline compound are studied for determining the various relaxation modes …

Novel modulated nematic phases, such as twist–bend nematics, splay–bend nematics and
splay nematics, are an important subject of research in the field of liquid crystals. In this …

The response of the nematic twist–bend (NTB) phase to an applied field can provide
important insight into the structure of this liquid and may bring us closer to understanding …

Stimulated by the paper that precedes this, our aim is to correct an error made concerning
the twist-bend nematic phase and to place its development, both theoretical and …

Bent core (or banana shaped) liquid-crystal-forming-molecules locally favor an ordered state
of zero splay and constant bend. Such a state, however, cannot be realized in the plane and …