We show that surface interactions can vectorially structure the three-dimensional
polarization field of a ferroelectric fluid. The contact between a ferroelectric nematic liquid …

The success of nematic liquid crystals in displays and optical applications is due to the
combination of their optical uniaxiality, fluidity, elasticity, responsiveness to electric fields …

In PNAS, the liquid crystal group of the Soft Materials Research Center at the University of
Colorado Boulder, led by NA Clark, reports on the discovery of a ferroelectric nematic fluid …

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

The recent discovery of the ferroelectric nematic phase has opened the door to experimental
investigation of one of the most searched liquid crystal phases in decades, with high …

We report the experimental determination of the structure and response to applied electric
field of the lower-temperature nematic phase of the previously reported calamitic compound …

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 …

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 …

The still undiscovered fluid ferroelectric nematic phase is expected to exhibit a much faster
and easier response to an external electric field compared to conventional ferroelectric …

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