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  2. Room Temperature Heliconical Twist-bend Nematic Liquid Crystal
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Abstract

The nanostructured heliconical twist-bend nematic (Ntb) phase is a new condensed phase of matter with unique properties. Here we present the first example of an achiral hybrid bent-core liquid crystal trimer that at temperatures below the conventional N phase exhibits the Ntb phase from approximately 80 °C down through room temperature. The Ntb phase has a helical structure with a period of ~19 nm.
Format
Article
Identifier(s)
10.1039/C4CE02502D
Publication Date
2015-01-09
Publication Title
CrystEngComm
Volume
17
Issue
14
First Page
2778
Last Page
2782
Subject
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Department of Physics
Permalink https://oaks.kent.edu/phypubs/133
Wang, Y., Singh, G., Agra-Kooijman, D., Gao, M., Bisoyi, H., Xue, C., Fisch, M., Kumar, S., & Li, Q. (2015). Room Temperature Heliconical Twist-bend Nematic Liquid Crystal (1–). CrystEngComm. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CE02502D
Wang, Yuan, Gautam Singh, Dena Agra-Kooijman, Min Gao, Hari Bisoyi, Chenming Xue, Michael Fisch, Satyendra Kumar, and Quan Li. 2015. “Room Temperature Heliconical Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal”. CrystEngComm. https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CE02502D.
Wang, Yuan, et al. Room Temperature Heliconical Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal. CrystEngComm, 9 Jan. 2015, https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CE02502D.