Ferroelectric nematic liquid-crystalline phases

N Sebastián, M Čopič, A Mertelj - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
Recent experimental realization of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phases stimulated
material development and numerous experimental studies of these phases, guided by their …

The effect of a lateral alkyloxy chain on the ferroelectric nematic phase

E Cruickshank, R Walker, JMD Storey, CT Imrie - RSC advances, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis and characterisation of two series of low molar mass liquid crystals, the 4-[(4-
nitrophenoxy) carbonyl] phenyl 2-alkoxy-4-methoxybenzoates (series 5-m) and the 4-[(3 …

Molecular shape, electronic factors, and the ferroelectric nematic phase: investigating the impact of structural modifications

N Tufaha, E Cruickshank, D Pociecha… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis and characterisation of two series of low molar mass mesogens, the (4‐
nitrophenyl) 2‐alkoxy‐4‐(4‐methoxybenzoyl) oxybenzoates (NT3. m) and the (3‐fluoro‐4 …

[HTML][HTML] Dielectric spectroscopy of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal and the effect of the sample thickness

A Erkoreka, J Martinez-Perdiguero, RJ Mandle… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recently discovered ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals have been reported to exhibit
very large dielectric permittivity values. Here, we report a systematic investigation of the …

To be or not to be polar: the ferroelectric and antiferroelectric nematic phases

E Cruickshank, P Rybak, MM Majewska, S Ramsay… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report two new series of compounds that show the ferroelectric nematic, NF, phase in
which the terminal chain length is varied. The longer the terminal chain, the weaker the …

Fluid ferroelectric filaments

MT Máthé, K Perera, Á Buka, P Salamon… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Freestanding slender fluid filaments of room‐temperature ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
are described. They are stabilized either by internal electric fields of bound charges formed …

Ideal mixing of paraelectric and ferroelectric nematic phases in liquid crystals of distinct molecular species

X Chen, Z Zhu, MJ Magrini, E Korblova, CS Park… - Liquid …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The organic mesogens RM734 and DIO are members of separate molecular families
featuring distinct molecular structures. These families are the first ones known to exhibit a …

Electric field-induced interfacial instability in a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal

MT Máthé, B Farkas, L Péter, Á Buka, A Jákli… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Studies of sessile droplets and fluid bridges of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal in
externally applied electric fields are presented. It is found that above a threshold, the …

Structural variants of RM734 in the design of splay nematic materials

RJ Mandle, SJ Cowling, JW Goodby - Liquid Crystals, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The recent discovery of the splay nematic phase, a new nematic polymorph that has been
found to be both polar and ferroelectric, is the lead paragraph in an entirely new chapter in …

Nano-clustering mediates phase transitions in a diastereomerically-stabilized ferroelectric nematic system

H Nishikawa, K Sano, S Kurihara, G Watanabe… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
In recent years, ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals have attracted considerable attention
owing to their unique properties such as a colossal polarization, high electro-optic activity …