Mandle, RJ orcid.org/0000-0001-9816-9661 (2022) A Ten-Year Perspective on Twist-Bend Nematic Materials. Molecules, 27 (9). 2689. p. 2689. ISSN 1420-3049
Abstract
The discovery of the twist-bend nematic phase (NTB) is a milestone within the field of liquid crystals. The NTB phase has a helical structure, with a repeat length of a few nanometres, and is therefore chiral, even when formed by achiral molecules. The discovery and rush to understand the rich physics of the NTB phase has provided a fresh impetus to the design and characterisation of dimeric and oligomeric liquid crystalline materials. Now, ten years after the discovery of the NTB phase, we review developments in this area, focusing on how molecular features relate to the incidence of this phase, noting the progression from simple symmetrical dimeric materials towards complex oligomers, non-covalently bonded supramolecular systems.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 by the author. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | liquid crystals; twist-bend nematic; liquid crystal dimers; nematic |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Physics and Astronomy (Leeds) > Soft Matter Physics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2022 21:34 |
Last Modified: | 12 May 2022 21:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/molecules27092689 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:186091 |