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Structure and grating efficiency of thin cells filled by a twist-bend nematic liquid crystal

M. Ali, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha and N. Vaupotič

Phys. Rev. E, 2020, 102
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Synthesis, mesophase behavior, and computational studies of dimers composed of three-ring rod-shaped ester-imine linkage monomeric unit

Banti Baishya, Harkishan Dua, Utpal Sarkar and Manoj Kumar Paul

Journal of Molecular Structure, 2024, 1313, 138754
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C13 NMR study of the director distribution adopted by the modulated nematic phases formed by liquid-crystal dimers with odd numbers of atoms in their spacers

J. W. Emsley, M. Lelli, G. R. Luckhurst and H. Zimmermann

Phys. Rev. E, 2017, 96
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Helical phases assembled from achiral molecules: Twist-bend nematic and helical filamentary B4 phases formed by mesogenic dimers

E. Cruickshank, K. Anderson, J.M.D. Storey, C.T. Imrie, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, A. Makal and M.M. Majewska

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 346, 118180
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Liquid crystalline compounds containing lateral thiol group: synthesis, characterisation, its mesomorphic properties and DFT studies

Mahima Rabari, Vaibhavee Patel and A. K. Prajapati

Liquid Crystals, 2023, 50, 2089
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Synthesis and properties of new non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers containing mandelic acid and cyano group

Miao Yao, Xin-shi Chen, Liang Dong, Xin-yi Wan, Yu-pei Xian, Dan-shu Yao, Jian-she Hu and Mei Tian

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 931
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Dimer-parity-dependent odd-even effects in photoinduced transitions to cholesteric and twist grain boundary smectic-C*mesophases: Experiments and simulations

Rajalaxmi Sahoo, Dibyendu Maity, D. S. Shankar Rao, Suman Chakrabarty, C. V. Yelamaggad and S. Krishna Prasad

Phys. Rev. E, 2022, 106
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The effect of intermolecular actions on the nematic phase range of tolane-liquid crystals

Ran Chen, Qiang Weng, Lu Wang, Zhongwei An, Xinbing Chen and Pei Chen

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 783
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Structural parameters of twist-bend nematics and splay-bend nematics in Dozov's theory

Michał Szmigielski and Mariola Buczkowska

Phys. Rev. E, 2024, 109
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Mesomorphic and geometrical orientation study of the relative position of fluorine atom in some thermotropic liquid crystal systems

H.A. Ahmed, M. Hagar and O.A. Alhaddad

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 404
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Mesomorphic study and DFT simulation of calamitic Schiff base liquid crystals with electronically different terminal groups and their binary mixtures

H. A. Ahmed, Eman Mansour and Mohamed Hagar

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 2292
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Liquid Crystal Dimers and Smectic Phases from the Intercalated to the Twist-Bend

Corrie T. Imrie, Rebecca Walker, John M. D. Storey, Ewa Gorecka and Damian Pociecha

Crystals, 2022, 12, 1245
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Study of the Experimental and Simulated Vibrational Spectra Together with Conformational Analysis of Thioether Cyanobiphenyl-Based Liquid Crystal Dimers

Antoni Kocot, Barbara Loska, Yuki Arakawa, Georg H. Mehl and Katarzyna Merkel

IJMS, 2022, 23, 8005
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Experimental and theoretical approaches of molecular geometry and mesophase behaviour relationship of laterally substituted azopyridines

M. Hagar, H. A. Ahmed and O. A. Alhaddad

Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46, 1440
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Twist bend nematic liquid crystals prepared by one-step condensation of 4-(4-Pentylcyclohexyl) benzoic acid and alkyl diol

Kazuki Watanabe, Tasuku Tamura, Sungmin Kang and Masatoshi Tokita

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 924
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Synthesis and properties of novel 6,7-dihydrocyclopenta[5,6-b]benzofuran-based liquid crystal compounds

Danyang Wan, Jian Li, Lingchao Mo Mo, Xiaozhe Yang, Zhaoyi Che, Minggang Hu, Juanli Li and Zhongwei An

Liquid Crystals, 2021, 48, 190
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From rod-like to disc-like Gay–Berne biaxial nematics and back

Silvia Orlandi, Luca Muccioli and Roberto Berardi

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 2400
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Molecular dynamics simulations of nematic phases formed by cyano-biphenyl dimers

Alexandros G. Vanakaras and Demetri J. Photinos

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 2184
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Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics

Olena S. Iadlovska, Greta Babakhanova, Georg H. Mehl, Christopher Welch, Ewan Cruickshank, Grant J. Strachan, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii and Oleg D. Lavrentovich

Phys. Rev. Research, 2020, 2
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Polarized Light Emission from Uniaxially Oriented and Polymer-Stabilized AIE Luminogen Thin Films

Jahyeon Koo, Seok-In Lim, Seung Hee Lee, Jin Soo Kim, Yeon-Tae Yu, Cheul-Ro Lee, Dae-Yoon Kim and Kwang-Un Jeong

Macromolecules, 2019, 52, 1739
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The twist-bend phases: structure–property relationships, chirality and hydrogen-bonding

Rebecca Walker

Liquid Crystals Today, 2020, 29, 2
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Liquid crystal distortions revealed by an octupolar tensor

Andrea Pedrini and Epifanio G. Virga

Phys. Rev. E, 2020, 101
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Proton-decoupled deuterium NMR study of an asymmetric liquid crystal dimer having two nematic phases

C. Chamignon, M. Lelli, J. W. Emsley, G. R. Luckhurst and H. Zimmermann

Phys. Rev. E, 2023, 108
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Mirror symmetry breaking in liquids and liquid crystals

Carsten Tschierske

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 2221
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Conformational landscapes of bimesogenic compounds and their implications for the formation of modulated nematic phases

Craig T. Archbold, Richard J. Mandle, Jessica L. Andrews, Stephen J. Cowling and John W. Goodby

Liquid Crystals, 2017, 44, 2079
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The Synthesis of New Thermal Stable Schiff Base/Ester Liquid Crystals: A Computational, Mesomorphic, and Optical Study

Sherif Nafee, Mohamed Hagar, Hoda Ahmed, Reda El-Shishtawy and Bahaaudin Raffah

Molecules, 2019, 24, 3032
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Azobenzene-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase

Daniel A. Paterson, Rebecca Walker, Jordan P. Abberley, Jérémy Forestier, William T. A. Harrison, John M. D. Storey, Damian Pociecha, Ewa Gorecka and Corrie T. Imrie

Liquid Crystals, 2017, 44, 2060
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When the smallest details count

Maria Helena Godinho

Science, 2020, 369, 918
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Induced smectic phase in binary mixtures of twist-bend nematogens

Anamarija Knežević, Irena Dokli, Marin Sapunar, Suzana Šegota, Ute Baumeister and Andreja Lesac

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol., 2018, 9, 1297
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Molecular structure and the twist-bend nematic phase: the role of spacer length in liquid crystal dimers

Daniel A. Paterson, Rebecca Walker, John M. D. Storey and Corrie T. Imrie

Liquid Crystals, 2023, 50, 725
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Structural insights into the twist-bend nematic phase from the integration of 2 H-NMR data and modelling: CB7CB and CB6OCB as case studies

Cristina Greco, Alberta Ferrarini, Geoffrey R. Luckhurst, Bakir A. Timimi and Herbert Zimmermann

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 2361
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Miscibility Studies of Bismesogen CBnCB Forming Nematic Twist-Bend Phase with Cyanobiphenyls nCB

Marzena Tykarska, Barbara Klucznik, Jerzy Dziaduszek and Stanisław Jóźwiak

Materials, 2024, 17, 4256
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Effect of Pressure on Dielectric and Frank Elastic Constants of a Material Exhibiting the Twist Bend Nematic Phase

Srividhya Parthasarathi, D. S. Shankar Rao, Nani Babu Palakurthy, C. V. Yelamaggad and S. Krishna Prasad

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2017, 121, 896
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Tunable backflow in chiral nematic liquid crystals via twist-bend nematogens and surface-localised in-situ polymer protrusions

Vinay Joshi, Daniel A. Paterson, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie and Liang-Chy Chien

Liquid Crystals, 2017, 44, 2327
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Molecular Simulation Approaches to the Study of Thermotropic and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

Mark R. Wilson, Gary Yu, Thomas D. Potter, Martin Walker, Sarah J. Gray, Jing Li and Nicola Jane Boyd

Crystals, 2022, 12, 685
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The influence of the side-arms structure on the properties of the liquid crystal dimers centred on mandelic acid

Xin-Yu Zhang, Min Liu, Fang-Yuan Li, Meng-Shu Li, Wen-Xiu Wang, Dan-Shu Yao and Mei Tian

Liquid Crystals, 2024, 51, 670
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The effects of fluorine-substituted benzene rings in dimeric liquid crystal compounds: A DFT study

Ranjeet Vishwakarma, Manoj Vishwakarma, Kritika Garg, Corrie T. Imrie and Debanjan Bhattacharjee

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2025, 437, 128394
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The Shape of Things To Come: The Formation of Modulated Nematic Mesophases at Various Length Scales

Richard J. Mandle

Chemistry A European J, 2017, 23, 8771
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New azo-functionalized symmetrical liquid crystal dimers: Synthesis, photophysical studies, mesomorphism and DFT studies

Banti Baishya, Amit Kumar Pradhan, Abhijit Paul, Arghyadeep Bhattacharyya, Homen Dahal, Mrinmoy Roy, Achalkumar Ammathnadu Sudhakar and Manoj Kumar Paul

Dyes and Pigments, 2025, 235, 112652
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Mesomorphic and DFT diversity of Schiff base derivatives bearing protruded methoxy groups

Mohamed Hagar, H. A. Ahmed and M. R. Aouad

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 2222
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Anopore confinement in the cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimer CB7CB. A dielectric study

Beatriz Robles-Hernández, Nerea Sebastián, María Rosario de la Fuente, David Orencio López, Josep Salud and Sergio Diez-Berart

Liquid Crystals, 2024, 51, 1537
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In situmeasurements of twist and bend elastic constants in the oblique helicoidal cholesteric

Olena S. Iadlovska, Kamal Thapa, Mojtaba Rajabi, Sergij V. Shiyanovskii and Oleg D. Lavrentovich

Phys. Rev. E, 2022, 106
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Probing molecular ordering in the nematic phases of para-linked bimesogen dimers through NMR studies of flexible prochiral solutes

Leah M. Heist, Edward T. Samulski, Chris Welch, Ziauddin Ahmed, Georg H. Mehl, Alexandros G. Vanakaras and Demetri J. Photinos

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 2058
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Geometric aspects influencing N-NTBtransition - implication of intramolecular torsion

Andreja Lesac, Ute Baumeister, Irena Dokli, Zdenko Hameršak, Trpimir Ivšić, Darko Kontrec, Marko Viskić, Anamarija Knežević and Richard J. Mandle

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 1101
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Oblique helicoidal state of the twist-bend nematic doped by chiral azo-compound

Vitalii Chornous, Alina Grozav, Mykhailo Vovk, Daria Bratova, Natalia Kasian, Longin Lisetski and Igor Gvozdovskyy

Liquid Crystals, 2023, 50, 1046
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Augmenting Bragg Reflection with Polymer-sustained Conical Helix

Vinay Joshi, Daniel A. Paterson, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie and Liang-Chy Chien

Sci Rep, 2019, 9
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Twist-Bend Nematogenic Supramolecular Dimers and Trimers Formed by Hydrogen Bonding

Rebecca Walker, Damian Pociecha, Alfonso Martinez-Felipe, John MD Storey, Ewa Gorecka and Corrie T Imrie

Crystals, 2020, 10, 175
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Deuterated Liquid Crystals – practical synthesis of deuterium labeled 4-alkyl-4″-isothiocyanato-[1,1ʹ:4ʹ,1″]terphenyls

Marta Pytlarczyk, Jakub Herman, Yuki Arakawa, Hideto Tsuji and Przemysław Kula

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 345, 117847
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Exploring the nematic to twist-bend nematic phase transition: calorimetric and optical measurements

Apsari Parvin, Smriti Mitra, Malay Kumar Das, Susanta Chakraborty, Madhu Babu Kanakala and Channabasaveshwar Veerappa Yelamaggad

Liquid Crystals, 2024, 51, 1676
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Stimuli-Responsive Materials from Liquid Crystals

Yena Choi, Daeseop Choi, Jin-Kang Choi, Kwang-Suk Oh, Eunsu Cho, Jun-Hyung Im, Dharmendra Pratap Singh and Young-Ki Kim

ACS Appl. Opt. Mater., 2023, 1, 1879
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The effect of molecular structure on mesophase behaviour of non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers containing mandelic acid and fluorine group

Xin-Shi Chen, Zhi-Xin Xu, Zhu Chen, Lan-Rui Bai, Xiang-Yu Zang, Yu-Nong Li, Dan-Shu Yao, Ying-Gang Jia and Mei Tian

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 1055
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Experimental and Theoretical Approaches of New Nematogenic Chair Architectures of Supramolecular H-Bonded Liquid Crystals

O. A. Alhaddad, H. A. Ahmed and M. Hagar

Molecules, 2020, 25, 365
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Intrinsically Chiral Twist‐Bend Nematogens: Interplay of Molecular and Structural Chirality in the NTB Phase

Rebecca Walker, Damian Pociecha, Miroslaw Salamonczyk, John M. D. Storey, Ewa Gorecka and Corrie T. Imrie

ChemPhysChem, 2023, 24
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New architectures of supramolecular H-bonded liquid crystal complexes based on dipyridine derivatives

Sherif S. Nafee, Hoda A. Ahmed and Mohamed Hagar

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 1811
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Relationship between the Size of Bent-Shaped Molecules and Mesophase Formation: A Computational Study

Piotr Kubala, Wojciech Tomczyk and Michał Cieśla

J. Phys. Chem. B, 2025, 129, 7361
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Synthesis, mesomorphic and geometrical approaches of new non-symmetrical system based on central naphthalene moiety

Hoda A. Ahmed and Mohamed A. El-Atawy

Liquid Crystals, 2021, 48, 1940
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Liquid crystal trimers containing secondary amide groups

Grant J. Strachan, Magdalena M. Majewska, Damian Pociecha, Ewa Gorecka, John M.D. Storey and Corrie T. Imrie

Liquid Crystals, 2024, 51, 2059
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Twist-bend nematic phases of banana-shaped molecules with an axial chirality

Akihiko Matsuyama

Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46, 2301
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Setting things straight in ‘The twist-bend nematic: a case of mistaken identity’

Ivan Dozov and Geoffrey R. Luckhurst

Liquid Crystals, 2020, 47, 2098
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Chalcogen bonding and liquid crystallinity: Understanding the anomalous behaviour of the 4′-(alkylthio)[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-carbonitriles (nSCB)

Ewan Cruickshank, Grant J Strachan, John MD Storey and Corrie T Imrie

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 346, 117094
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Influence of internal flexibility on the double glass transition in a series of odd non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers characterised by dielectric measurements

José Antonio Diego, J. Sellarès, S. Diez-Berart, J. Salud, J. C. Cañadas, M. Mudarra, D. O. López, M. R. De La Fuente and M. B. Ros

Liquid Crystals, 2017, 44, 1007
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Effect of terminal metamers and homologous with imine and ester groups on mesomorphism and their DFT study

Akshay Vyas, Rohit R. Koshti and H. N. Patel

Liquid Crystals, 2022, 49, 1297
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Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase

Ewan Cruickshank, Mirosław Salamończyk, Damian Pociecha, Grant J. Strachan, John M. D. Storey, Cheng Wang, Jun Feng, Chenhui Zhu, Ewa Gorecka and Corrie T. Imrie

Liquid Crystals, 2019, 46, 1595
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Imidazole and benzoimidazole derived new ionic liquid crystal compounds: synthesis, characterisation, mesomorphic properties and DFT computations

AbdulKarim-Talaq Mohammad, Omar S. Khalefa, H. T. Srinivasa and Wissam Ahmed Ameen

Liquid Crystals, 2021, 48, 1140
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Synthesis and mesomorphic properties of a series of dimers derived from thioether-terminated and cholesteryl

Xuenan Zong, Zhiming Fang and Changcheng Wu

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 1844
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Dependency of the twist-bend nematic phase formation on the molecular shape of liquid crystal dimers: A view through the lens of DFT

Anant Kumar

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022, 354, 118858
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Pentaerythritol Derived Tetrapode Exhibiting a Nematic‐Like Mesophase at Ambient Temperatures

Jodie L. Hann and Richard J. Mandle

ChemPhysChem, 2019, 20, 1941
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Photo-driven effects in twist-bend nematic phases: Dynamic and memory response of liquid crystalline dimers

Daniel Zaton, Alexia Karamoula, Grant J. Strachan, John M.D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie and Alfonso Martinez-Felipe

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021, 344, 117680
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Photo‐Driven Chirality Switching in a Dark Conglomerate Phase of an Achiral Liquid Crystal Trimer

Haruna Sasaki, Yoichi Takanishi, Jun Yamamoto and Atsushi Yoshizawa

ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 3278
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Comparative dielectric and thermally stimulated-depolarization-current studies of the liquid crystal dimers 1″,9″-bis(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) nonane and heptane and a binary mixture between them, close to the glass transition

Jordi Sellarès, José Antonio Diego, David O. López, Josep Salud, Beatriz Robles-Hernández, María Rosario de la Fuente, Juan Carlos Cañadas, Miguel Mudarra, Victor López de Rioja, Rafael Levit and Sergio Diez-Berart

Phys. Rev. E, 2022, 106
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Optical and Geometrical Characterizations of Non-Linear Supramolecular Liquid Crystal Complexes

Hoda A. Ahmed, Mohamed Hagar, Omaima A. Alhaddad and Ayman A. Zaki

Crystals, 2020, 10, 701
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A one-dimensional variational problem for cholesteric liquid crystals with disparate elastic constants

Dmitry Golovaty, Michael Novack and Peter Sternberg

Journal of Differential Equations, 2021, 286, 785
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Deviation from the prediction of the Maier-Saupe theory of mixtures of charged discotic Gay-Berne and Lennard-Jones particles

Giacomo Saielli and Katsuhiko Satoh

Liquid Crystals, 2024, 51, 2212
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Liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: On the role of spacers and terminal alkyl chains

Ewan Forsyth, Daniel A. Paterson, Ewan Cruickshank, Grant J. Strachan, Ewa Gorecka, Rebecca Walker, John M.D. Storey and Corrie T. Imrie

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020, 320, 114391
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Molecular curvature and the twist-bend liquid crystal phases: the effect of the spacer

Calum J. Gibb, John M. D. Storey and Corrie T. Imrie

Liquid Crystals, 2024, 51, 1956
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Twist-bend nematics and heliconical cholesterics: a physico-chemical analysis of phase transitions and related specific properties

Natalia A. Kasian, Longin N. Lisetski and Igor A. Gvozdovskyy

Liquid Crystals, 2022, 49, 142
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Conformational degrees of freedom and stability of splay-bend ordering in the limit of a very strong planar anchoring

Lech Longa, Michał Cieśla, Paweł Karbowniczek and Agnieszka Chrzanowska

Phys. Rev. E, 2023, 107
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Dielectric response and density functional theory assessment of fluorinated dicationic pyridinium ionic liquids

Trob A. Abdel‐Basset, Nadjet Rezki, Salsabeel A. Al‐Sodies, Mohamed Reda Aouad, Ali H Bashal, Abeer A. Sharfalddin, Mariusz Jaremko, Abdul‐Hamid Emwas and Mohamed Hagar

Nano Select, 2022, 3, 1574
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The role of a terminal chain in promoting the twist-bend nematic phase: the synthesis and characterisation of the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl)-6-(4-alkyloxyanilinebenzylidene-4′-oxy)hexanes

Daniel A. Paterson, Catriona A. Crawford, Damian Pociecha, Rebecca Walker, John M.D. Storey, Ewa Gorecka and Corrie T. Imrie

Liquid Crystals, 2018, 45, 2341
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Cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role played by the length and parity of the spacer

Ewan Cruickshank, Grant J Strachan, Kamal Thapa, Damian Pociecha, Mirosław Salamończyk, John M D Storey, Ewa Gorecka, Oleg Lavrentovich and Corrie T Imrie

Liquid Crystals, 2024, 51, 1446
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Supramolecular Organization in Monolayers of Pyrene-Functionalized Asymmetric Twist-Bend Nematic Dimers: Comparison with a Three-Dimensional Crystal Structure

Agnieszka Maranda-Niedbała, Tomasz Jaroch, Rebecca Walker, Piotr Pięta, Ewa Górecka, Corrie T Imrie, John MD Storey, Adam Proń and Robert Nowakowski

Langmuir, 2025, 41, 9508
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Diffraction gratings formed spontaneously by a two-dimensional undulation of the pseudo-layer structure of a twist-bend nematic phase

M. Ali

Liquid Crystals Today, 2022, 31, 40
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Computer Simulations of a Twist Bend Nematic (NTB): A Coarse-Grained Simulation of the Phase Behaviour of the Liquid Crystal Dimer CB7CB

Mark R. Wilson and Gary Yu

Crystals, 2023, 13, 502
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The Dependency of Nematic and Twist-bend Mesophase Formation on Bend Angle

Richard J. Mandle, Craig T. Archbold, Julia P. Sarju, Jessica L. Andrews and John W. Goodby

Sci Rep, 2016, 6
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Fluorinated twist-bend nematogens: the role of intermolecular interaction

Anamarija Knežević, Irena Dokli, Jurica Novak, Darko Kontrec and Andreja Lesac

Liquid Crystals, 2021, 48, 756
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Fast‐and‐Giant Photorheological Effect in a Liquid Crystal Dimer

Satoshi Aya, Péter Salamon, Daniel A. Paterson, John M. D. Storey, Corrie T. Imrie, Fumito Araoka, Antal Jákli and Ágnes Buka

Adv Materials Inter, 2019, 6
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Molecular shape, elastic constants and spontaneous twist in chiral and achiral nematics: insights from a generalised Maier–Saupe framework

Davide Revignas and Alberta Ferrarini

Liquid Crystals, 2024, 51, 898
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Synthesis, Optical and DFT Characterizations of Laterally Fluorinated Phenyl Cinnamate Liquid Crystal Non-Symmetric System

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Symmetry, 2021, 13, 1145
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Bragg diffraction of higher orders on oblique helicoidal liquid crystal structures

H. Bogatyryova, V. Chornous, L. Lisetski and I. Gvozdovskyy

Liquid Crystals, 2024, 51, 1847
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Liquid Crystal Dimers and the Twist‐Bend Phases: Non‐Symmetric Dimers Consisting of Mesogenic Units of Differing Lengths

Calum J. Gibb, Magdalena Majewska, Damian Pociecha, John M.D. Storey, Ewa Gorecka and Corrie T. Imrie

ChemPhysChem, 2024, 25
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