Flexoelectric behavior of bimesogenic liquid crystals in the nematic phase – observation of a new self-assembly pattern at the twist-bend nematic and the nematic interface

Elastic properties of bimesogenic liquid crystals

(2013) R. Balachandran et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Enantiotopic discrimination and director organization in the twist-bend nematic phase

(2013) Cristina Greco et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Effect of cybotactic clusters on the elastic and flexoelectric properties of bent-core liquid crystals belonging to the same homologous series

(2013) R. Balachandran et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Flexoelectrically Driven Electroclinic Effect in the Twist-Bend Nematic Phase of Achiral Molecules with Bent Shapes

(2013) C. Meyer et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Chiral heliconical ground state of nanoscale pitch in a nematic liquid crystal of achiral molecular dimers

(2013) D. Chen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nematic twist-bend phase with nanoscale modulation of molecular orientation

(2013) V. Borshch et al.   Nature Communications

Microscopy studies of the nematic NTBphase of 1,11-di-(1′′-cyanobiphenyl-4-yl)undecane

(2013) Richard J. Mandle et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Field-induced periodic chiral pattern in the Nx phase of achiral bimesogens

(2012) V. P. Panov et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Increasing the flexoelastic ratio of liquid crystals using highly fluorinated ester-linked bimesogens

(2012) Katie L. Atkinson et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Flexoelectric and elastic coefficients of odd and even homologous bimesogens

(2012) Katie L. Atkinson et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Flexoelectric coefficient measurements in the nematic liquid crystal phase of 5CB

(2012) F. Castles et al.   AIP Advances

Microsecond linear optical response in the unusual nematic phase of achiral bimesogens

(2011) V. P. Panov et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

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

(2011) Mirko Cestari et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Flexoelectric measurements of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal

(2011) P. S. Salter et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Phase behavior and properties of the liquid-crystal dimer 1′′,7′′-bis(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) heptane: A twist-bend nematic liquid crystal

(2011) M. Cestari et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

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