Crucial role of molecular curvature for the bend elastic and flexoelectric properties of liquid crystals: mesogenic dimers as a case study

Permittivity, Conductivity, Elasticity, and Viscosity Measurements in the Nematic Phase of a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal

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The theory of elastic constants

(2010) A. Ferrarini   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Electro-mechanical effects in liquid crystals

(2010) A. Jákli   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Splay bend elasticity of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal

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Thermodynamically Stable Blue Phases

(2010) F. Castles et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Spontaneous Periodic Deformations in Nonchiral Planar-Aligned Bimesogens with a Nematic-Nematic Transition and a Negative Elastic Constant

(2010) V. P. Panov et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Effect of flexoelectricity and order electricity on defect cores in nematic droplets

(2010) Tine Porenta et al.   Soft Matter

Molecular field theory with atomistic modeling for the curvature elasticity of nematic liquid crystals

(2009) Mirko Cestari et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Flexoelectric effect in a bent-core mesogen

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Curvature elasticity of nematic liquid crystals: simply a matter of molecular shape? Insights from atomistic modeling

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