A generalized density-modulated twist-splay-bend phase of banana-shaped particles

Massimiliano Chiappini; Marjolein Dijkstra

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22413-8

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

A generalized density-modulated twist-splay-bend phase of banana-shaped particles

Massimiliano Chiappini,
Marjolein Dijkstra

Affiliations

Massimiliano Chiappini: Soft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Department of Physics, Utrecht University
Marjolein Dijkstra: Soft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Department of Physics, Utrecht University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22413-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The so-called twist-bend and splay-bend nematic liquid crystal phases are important concepts for studying bent-core mesogens. Chiappini et al. use a theory/simulation approach to suggest that the transition proceed via a twist-splay-bend phase which may be obscured by density modulations.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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