On the twist-bend nematic phase formed directly from the isotropic phase

Chiral dopants and the twist-bend nematic phase – induction of novel mesomorphic behaviour in an apolar bimesogen

(2015) Craig T. Archbold et al.   Soft Matter

Double-well elastic theory for twist-bend nematic phases

(2014) Epifanio G. Virga   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Molecular geometry, twist-bend nematic phase and unconventional elasticity: a generalised Maier–Saupe theory

(2014) Cristina Greco et al.   Soft Matter

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

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

Chemically induced twist-bend nematic liquid crystals, liquid crystal dimers, and negative elastic constants

(2013) K. Adlem et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Statistical mechanics of bend flexoelectricity and the twist-bend phase in bent-core liquid crystals

(2013) Shaikh M. Shamid 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

The Chirality of a Twist–Bend Nematic Phase Identified by NMR Spectroscopy

(2012) Laetitia Beguin et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

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

Methylene-linked liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase

(2011) Peter A. Henderson et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Nematic-nematic phase transition in the liquid crystal dimer CBC9CB and its mixtures with 5CB: A high-resolution adiabatic scanning calorimetric study

(2011) Chandra Shekhar Pati Tripathi 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