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 …

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 …

Spontaneous symmetry breaking and emergent polar order are each of fundamental
importance to a range of scientific disciplines, as well as generating rich phase behaviour in …

Chiral symmetry breaking in soft matter is a hot topic of current research. Recently, such a
phenomenon was found in a fluidic phase showing orientational order of molecules—the …

The synthesis and characterisation of the nonsymmetric liquid crystal dimer, 1-(4-
cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) hexane (CB6OCB) is reported. An …

Resonant x-ray scattering shows that the bulk structure of the twist-bend liquid crystal phase,
recently discovered in bent molecular dimers, has spatial periodicity without electron density …

Complex materials often exhibit a hierarchical structure with an intriguing mechanism
responsible for the 'propagation'of order from the molecular to the nano-or micro-scale level …

The liquid crystal nonsymmetric dimer, 1-(4-butoxyazobenzene-4′-yloxy)-6-(4-
cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) hexane (CB6OABOBu), shows enantiotropic twist–bend nematic …

The synthesis and characterisation of two series of cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal
dimers containing sulfur links between the spacer and mesogenic units, the 4ʹ-[1, ω …

In the recent two decades liquid crystal science has contributed significantly to the
understanding of mirror symmetry breaking and spontaneous emergence of chirality in …