Liquid crystals of the twenty-first century – nematic phase of bent-core molecules

Comment on “The limits of flexoelectricity in liquid crystals” [AIP Advances 1, 032120 (2011)]

(2013) P. Palffy-Muhoray   AIP Advances

Response to “Comment on ‘The limits of flexoelectricity in liquid crystals’” [AIP Advances 3, 019101 (2013)]

(2013) F. Castles et al.   AIP Advances

Nematic Phases in 1,2,4-Oxadiazole-Based Bent-Core Liquid Crystals: Is There a Ferroelectric Switching?

(2012) Govindaswamy Shanker et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Dielectric investigations on a bent-core liquid crystal

(2012) Lucia Marino et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Physical properties of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal and its mixtures with calamitic molecules

(2012) Á. Buka et al.   PHASE TRANSITIONS

Tetrahedratic mesophases, chiral order, and helical domains induced by quadrupolar and octupolar interactions

(2012) Karol Trojanowski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Direct Observation of Smectic Layers in Thermotropic Liquid Crystals

(2012) C. Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Search for biaxiality in a shape-persistent bent-core nematic liquid crystal

(2012) Young-Ki Kim et al.   Soft Matter

Unexpected liquid crystalline behaviour of three-ring bent-core mesogens: bis(4-subst.-phenyl) 2-methyl-iso-phthalates

(2012) Wolfgang Weissflog et al.   Soft Matter

Chirality of an achiral bent-core nematic mesogen observed in planar and homeotropic cells under certain boundary conditions

(2012) Yun Jang et al.   Soft Matter

Experimental studies on the direct flexoelectric effect in α-phase polyvinylidene fluoride films

(2011) Sivapalan Baskaran et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Nonsymmetric bent-core liquid crystals based on a 1,3,4-thiadiazole core unit and their nematic mesomorphism

(2011) Jens Seltmann et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Development of polar order in a bent-core liquid crystal with a new sequence of two orthogonal smectic and an adjacent nematic phase

(2011) Govindaswamy Shanker et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Liquid crystalline amorphous blue phase and its large electrooptical Kerr effect

(2011) Khoa V. Le et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Designing bent-core nematogens towards biaxial nematic liquid crystals

(2011) Manoj Mathews et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Biaxial nematics from their prediction to the materials and the vicious circle of molecular design

(2011) Matthias Lehmann   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Monte-Carlo Simulations for Model Bent-Core Molecules with Fluctuating Opening Angle

(2011) W. Józefowicz et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Surface Alignment, Anchoring Transitions, Optical Properties and Topological Defects in Nematic Bent-Core Materials C7 and C12

(2011) B. Senyuk et al.   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS

Flexoelectric measurements of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal

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

Nonstandard electroconvection in a bent-core oxadiazole material

(2011) S. Kaur et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Short-range correlations seen in the nematic phase of bent-core liquid crystals by dielectric and electro-optic studies

(2011) Yun Jang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Elastic constants and orientational viscosities of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal

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

Nanostructures of liquid crystal phases in mixtures of bent-core and rod-shaped molecules

(2011) S. H. Hong et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Extraordinary Magnetic Field Effect in Bent-Core Liquid Crystals

(2011) Oriano Francescangeli et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Biaxial Nematic Phase in Model Bent-Core Systems

(2011) Piotr Grzybowski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Giant flexoelectricity in polyvinylidene fluoride films

(2011) Sivapalan Baskaran et al.   PHYSICS LETTERS A

The limits of flexoelectricity in liquid crystals

(2011) F. Castles et al.   AIP Advances

Rotational Viscosity of a Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystal

(2010) Paladugu Sathyanarayana et al.   Applied Physics Express

Stable amorphous blue phase of bent-core nematic liquid crystals doped with a chiral material

(2010) Stefanie Taushanoff et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Biaxial nematic phases

(2010) Carsten Tschierske et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Electro-mechanical effects in liquid crystals

(2010) A. Jákli   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Nematic biaxiality in a bent-core material

(2010) Hyung Guen Yoon et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Splay bend elasticity of a bent-core nematic liquid crystal

(2010) P. Sathyanarayana et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Surface alignment, anchoring transitions, optical properties, and topological defects in the nematic phase of thermotropic bent-core liquid crystal A131

(2010) B. Senyuk et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Second-harmonic generation in a bent-core nematic liquid crystal

(2010) S. H. Hong et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Multiple electroconvection scenarios in a bent-core nematic liquid crystal

(2010) Pramod Tadapatri et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Dielectric properties of mixtures of a bent-core and a calamitic liquid crystal

(2010) Péter Salamon et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Raman Scattering Study of Phase Biaxiality in a Thermotropic Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystal

(2010) Min Sang Park 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

Short-range smectic order in bent-core nematic liquid crystals

(2010) S. H. Hong et al.   Soft Matter

Nematic phases of bent-core mesogens

(2010) Christina Keith et al.   Soft Matter

Insights into the cybotactic nematic phase of bent-core molecules

(2010) Oriano Francescangeli et al.   Soft Matter

Dynamics in the isotropic and nematic phases of bent-core liquid crystals: NMR perspectives

(2010) Valentina Domenici   Soft Matter

Ferroelectric Response and Induced Biaxiality in the Nematic Phase of Bent-Core Mesogens

(2009) Oriano Francescangeli et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Optical confirmation of biaxial nematic (Nb) phase in a bent-core mesogen

(2009) Yun Jang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Flexoelectric studies on mixtures of compounds made of rodlike and bent-core molecules

(2009) Brindaban Kundu et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Revealing the uniaxial to biaxial nematic liquid crystal phase transition via distinctive electroconvection

(2009) Ying Xiang et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Flexoelectricity of a calamitic liquid crystal elastomer swollen with a bent-core liquid crystal

(2009) M. Chambers et al.   JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY

Conformational Study of a Bent-Core Liquid Crystal:13C NMR and DFT Computation Approach

(2009) Ronald Y. Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Role of Molecular Structure on X-ray Diffraction in Uniaxial and Biaxial Phases of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals†

(2009) Bharat R. Acharya et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Converse Flexoelectric Effect in Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystals

(2009) Pramoda Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Patterned Electroconvective States in a Bent-Core Nematic Liquid Crystal

(2009) Pramod Tadapatri et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Structure studies of the nematic phase formed by bent-core molecules

(2009) N. Vaupotič et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Electroconvection in nematic mixtures of bent-core and calamitic molecules

(2009) Shingo Tanaka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Electro-optic technique to study biaxiality of liquid crystals with positive dielectric anisotropy: The case of a bent-core material

(2009) Khoa Van Le et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Chiral symmetry breaking in bent-core liquid crystals

(2009) Lech Longa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Large Flow Birefringence of Nematogenic Bent-Core Liquid Crystals

(2009) C. Bailey et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Rheological properties of bent-core liquid crystals

(2009) C. Bailey et al.   Soft Matter

Electrically Tunable Color by Using Mixtures of Bent-Core and Rod-Shaped Molecules

(2008) Geetha G. Nair et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Thermotropic biaxial nematic liquid crystals: Spontaneous or field stabilized?

(2008) Alexandros G. Vanakaras et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS

X‐ray diffraction from the uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases of bent‐core mesogens

(2008) Bharat R. Acharya et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Viscosities of a bent‐core nematic liquid crystal

(2008) E. Dorjgotov et al.   LIQUID CRYSTALS

Observation of a possible tetrahedratic phase in a bent-core liquid crystal

(2008) D. Wiant et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Alternating twist structures formed by electroconvection in the nematic phase of an achiral bent-core molecule

(2008) Shingo Tanaka et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Longitudinal and normal electroconvection rolls in a nematic liquid crystal with positive dielectric and negative conductivity anisotropy

(2008) Jana Heuer et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Converse flexoelectric effect in a bent-core nematic liquid crystal

(2008) J. Harden et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW E

Magnetic-Field Induced Isotropic to Nematic Liquid Crystal Phase Transition

(2008) T. Ostapenko et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Self-Assembled Chiral Superstructures Composed of Rigid Achiral Molecules and Molecular Scale Chiral Induction by Dopants

(2008) Fangyong Yan et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS