Cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role played by the length and parity of the spacer-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role played by the length and parity of the spacer

Published:2024-08-19 Issue: Volume: Page:1-25
ISSN:0267-8292
Container-title:Liquid Crystals
language:en
Short-container-title:Liquid Crystals

Author:

Cruickshank Ewan¹^ORCID,Strachan Grant J¹,Thapa Kamal²³,Pociecha Damian⁴,Salamończyk Mirosław⁴,Storey John M D¹,Gorecka Ewa⁴,Lavrentovich Oleg²³⁵^ORCID,Imrie Corrie T¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry, School of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

2. Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA

3. Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA

4. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

5. Materials Science Graduate Program, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA

Funder

National Science Foundation

U.S. Department of Energy

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

Link

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02678292.2024.2381570

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