Liquid Crystals Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 149 - 194
Published: July 2, 2024
Language: Английский
Giant, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19, P. 100318 - 100318
Published: July 4, 2024
The recent discovery of liquid-matter ferroelectrics not only opens a door to explore novel polar matter states and properties in the term condensed physics but also provides unprecedented opportunities for developing new liquid crystal materials technologies. progression from ferroelectric nematic phase many other represents remarkable journey emerging soft matter. In this perspective, we briefly introduce latest quick rise advancements that display smectic characteristics. We summarize recently-discovered phases, their physics, potential technological innovations, then give some hints consider critical further exploration. More importantly, seek delve into broader discussions on chemical structure design, underlying physical interactions driving various states, connections range intriguing phenomena.
Language: Английский
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Advanced Materials, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: March 24, 2025
In soft matter, the polar orientational order of molecules can facilitate coexistence structural chirality and ferroelectricity. The ferroelectric nematic (NF) state, exhibited by achiral calamitic with large dipole moments, serves as an ideal model for emergence spontaneous chirality. This chiral ground state arises from a left- or right-handed twist polarization due to depolarization effects. contrast, smectic characterized lamellar structure lower symmetry, experiences significantly higher energy associated layer-twisting deformations formation domain walls, thus avoiding continuously twisted layered structure. this study, two types (BOE-NO2 DIOLT) are reported that possess different molecular structures but exhibit NF-ferroelectric phase sequence. It is demonstrated NF inherited in phases BOE-NO2, which features larger moments steric hindrance moiety, thereby triggering blocks.
Language: Английский
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Molecules, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 29(20), P. 4837 - 4837
Published: Oct. 12, 2024
Nanostructured polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (nano-PDLCs) are transparent and optically isotropic materials in which submicron-sized crystal (LC) domains dispersed within a polymer matrix. Nano-PDLCs can induce birefringence by applying an electric field (
Language: Английский
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Liquid Crystals Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(2), P. 149 - 194
Published: July 2, 2024
Language: Английский
Citations
0