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 …

Considerable progress has been achieved in understanding the fascinating structure and
physical properties of the ferroelectric liquid crystalline phases formed by bent-core liquid …

We study the bulk deformation properties of the Skyrme nuclear energy density functionals
(EDFs). Following simple arguments based on the leptodermous expansion and liquid drop …

Electric field-induced patterns in liquid crystals have been observed and studied for about
50 years. During this time, a great variety of structures, detected under different conditions …

Using a combination of dynamic light scattering and Freedericksz transitions induced in
applied magnetic and electric fields, we have determined the absolute magnitudes of the …

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 …

Small angle X-ray diffraction from the uniaxial nematic phase of certain bent-core liquid
crystals is shown to be consistent with the presence of molecular clusters possessing short …

Dielectric spectroscopy is a very useful experimental method for liquid crystal investigation.
Electrodes made from indium tin oxide (ITO) or gold are widely used in measuring cells …

We present freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy (FF-TEM), dielectric
spectroscopy and electro-optic measurements on a dimeric liquid crystal mixture, which …