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Polarization patterning in ferroelectric nematic liquids via flexoelectric coupling
Nature Communications, 2023 The recently discovered ferroelectric nematic liquids incorporate to the functional combination of fluidity, processability and anisotropic optical properties of nematic liquids, an astonishing range of physical properties derived from the phase polarity.
Nerea Sebastián +10 more
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Hypervalent Sulfur Fluorides and the Design of Liquid Crystals
CHIMIA, 2014 Hypervalent sulfur fluorides are providing functional materials – such as liquid crystals – with unique physicochemical properties and new geometric structural elements.
Peer Kirsch, Matthias Bremer
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Polar Molecular Organisation in Liquid Crystals [PDF]
, 2003 Various possibilities of polar self-organisation in low molar mass nematic, smectic and columnar liquid crystals are discussed with particular focus on the underlying molecular symmetries and interactions.
Photinos, D. J., Vanakaras, A. G.
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Distortional Lifshitz Vectors and Helicity in Nematic Free Energy Density [PDF]
, 2013 Here we discuss the free energy of nematic liquid crystals using two vectors and the helicity, with the aim of having a compact form of its density. The two vectors are due to the splay and bend distortions of the director field. They have a polar nature,
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Tunable light beam steering device using polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystals [PDF]
, 2017 A polarization independent and fast electrically switchable beam steering device is presented, based on a surface relief grating combined with polymer stabilized blue phase liquid crystals.
Beeckman, Jeroen +8 more
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Crystals, 2021 The discovery of liquid crystals (LCs) is dated to the year 1888, when Friedrich Reinitzer reported his observation of the double melting points of cholesterol benzoate [...]
Małgorzata Jasiurkowska-Delaporte +1 more
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Crystals, 2021 Based on the anchoring effect due to the self-assembling behavior of the phospholipid molecules at the interface between the liquid crystal and water phases on the orientation of liquid crystals, the optical response associated with the orientation and ...
Yuqi Han +7 more
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Epoxy–amine/metal interphases: Influences from sharp needle-like crystal formation [PDF]
, 2007 When epoxy–amine liquid mixtures are applied onto metallic oxide layer, concomitant amine chemical sorption and metallic surface dissolution appear leading to the organo-metallic complex formation.
Alain André Roche +14 more
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Eliminating Ambiguities in Electrical Measurements of Advanced Liquid Crystal Materials
Crystals, 2023 Existing and future display and non-display applications of thermotropic liquid crystals rely on the development of new mesogenic materials. Electrical measurements of such materials determine their suitability for a specific application.
Oleksandr V. Kovalchuk +2 more
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Nematic liquid crystal alignment on subwavelength metal gratings
Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 2018 We have studied the alignment of a nematic liquid crystal (LC) material on aluminum subwavelength nanogratings as a function of the period, p, and the slit width to period ratio, w/p.
Irina V. Kasyanova +4 more
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