Smart soft materials are envisioned to be the building blocks of the next generation of
advanced devices and digitally augmented technologies. In this context, liquid crystals (LCs) …

Given the widespread adoption of display technology based on nematic liquid crystals, the
discovery of new nematic phases at thermodynamic equilibrium, although extremely rare …

Recent experimental realization of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phases stimulated
material development and numerous experimental studies of these phases, guided by their …

We have structurally characterized the liquid crystal (LC) phase that can appear as an
intermediate state when a dielectric nematic, having polar disorder of its molecular dipoles …

The recently discovered ferroelectric nematic (NF) liquid-crystal phase exhibits a
spontaneous polarization field that is both orientationally fluid like a liquid crystal and large …

The recently discovered ferroelectric nematic liquids incorporate to the functional
combination of fluidity, processability and anisotropic optical properties of nematic liquids …

Topological textures have fascinated people in different areas of physics and technologies.
However, the observations are limited in magnetic and solid-state ferroelectric systems …

Recently, a type of ferroelectric nematic fluid has been discovered in liquid crystals in which
the molecular polar nature at molecule level is amplified to macroscopic scales through a …

Ferroelectricity is a property with spontaneous polarization, which is of paramount
importance in modern electrooptic applications. Yet, its observations are mostly limited to …

Ferroelectricity in fluid materials, which allows free rotation of molecules, is an unusual
phenomenon raising cutting‐edge questions in science. Conventional ferroelectric liquid …