Thermotropic liquid crystals can be formed by various molecular shapes, some discovered
over 125 years ago. The simplest and most-studied liquid crystals are made of rod-shaped …

Bent-core (BC) materials that form nematic liquid crystals (BC nematics (BCNs)) are known
only since 2000, but since then they have been intensively studied. In this review we give a …

We present a comprehensive set of measurements of optical, dielectric, diamagnetic, elastic,
and viscous properties in the nematic (N) phase formed by a liquid crystalline dimer. The …

Bent-Shaped Liquid Crystals: Structures and Physical Properties provides insight into the
latest developments in the research on liquid crystals formed by bent-shaped mesogens …

Over the last ten years, the nematic phases of liquid crystals formed from bent‐core
structures have provoked considerable research because of their remarkable properties …

Recent measurements of the elastic constants in lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals (LCLCs)
have revealed an anomalously small twist elastic constant compared to the splay and bend …

Odd–even effects, oscillations in properties of materials comprised of an odd or even
number of connected repeating units, are well-known phenomena in materials science. In …

The splay and bend elastic constants of the bent-core oxadiazole material [C5-Ph-ODBP-Ph-
OC12] have been investigated as a function of temperature across the nematic phase. The …

Molecular shape is an important factor in determining the material properties of thermotropic
liquid crystals (LCs). We synthesized and investigated several LC compounds formed by …

Elastic constants of splay K 11, twist K 22, and bend K 33 of nematic liquid crystals are often
assumed to be equal to each other in order to simplify the theoretical description of complex …