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

The discovery of the twist-bend nematic phase (NTB) is a milestone within the field of liquid
crystals. The NTB phase has a helical structure, with a repeat length of a few nanometres …

This article analyzes modulated phases in liquid crystals, from the long-established
cholesteric and blue phases to the recently discovered twist-bend, splay-bend, and splay …

Organic chiral nanofilaments are part of an important class of nanoscale chiral materials that
has recently been receiving significant attention largely due to their potential use in …

The twist-bend nematic (NTB) phase is a new heliconical liquid crystal (LC) phase that is
associated with spontaneous symmetry breaking for achiral bent LC molecules. Herein, we …

The recent discovery of the ferroelectric nematic phase NF resurrects a question about the
stability of the uniform NF state with respect to the formation of either a standard for the solid …

Liquid crystal (LC) phases are in between solids and liquids with properties of both. Nematic
LCs composed of rod-like molecules or particles exhibit long-range orientational order …

In 1976, Meyer predicted that bend distortions of the nematic director field are
complemented by deformations of either twist or splay, yielding twist-bend and splay-bend …

Two homologous series of sulfur-containing thioether-linked 4-cyanoazobenzene-based
liquid crystal (LC) dimers were developed: a symmetric series based on 4 …

The coupling between molecular conformation and chirality is a cornerstone in the
construction of supramolecular helical structures of small molecules across various length …