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 …

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 …

A state of matter in which molecules show a long-range orientational order and no positional
order is called a nematic liquid crystal. The best known and most widely used (for example …

Ferroelectric ordering in liquids is a fundamental question of physics. Here, we show that
ferroelectric ordering of the molecules causes the formation of recently reported splay …

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 …

The synthesis and characterisation of the nonsymmetric liquid crystal dimer, 1-(4-
cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) hexane (CB6OCB) is reported. An …

The recent discovery of the ferroelectric nematic phase has opened the door to experimental
investigation of one of the most searched liquid crystal phases in decades, with high …

Complex materials often exhibit a hierarchical structure with an intriguing mechanism
responsible for the 'propagation'of order from the molecular to the nano-or micro-scale level …

The chiral, heliconical (twist-bend) nematic ground state is reported in an achiral, rigid, bent-
core mesogen (UD68). Similar to the nematic twist-bend (N TB) phase observed in bent …