Room-temperature ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal showing a large and diverging density

• Published in: Soft matter Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 672 - 68
• Main Authors: Parton-Barr, Charles, Gleeson, Helen F, Mandle, Richard J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Royal Society of Chemistry 17.01.2024
• Subjects: Crystals; Density; Ferroelectric materials; Ferroelectricity; Manometers; Nematic crystals; Order parameters; Phase transitions; Refractivity; Room temperature; Smectic liquid crystals; Temperature; Temperature dependence

The ferroelectric nematic phase (N F ) is a recently discovered phase of matter in which the orientational order of the conventional nematic liquid crystal state is augmented with polar order. Atomistic simulations suggest that the polar N F phase would be denser than conventional nematics owing to...