Two distinct modulated layer structures of an asymmetric bent-shape smectic liquid crystal

Leaning-type polar smectic-Cphase in a freely suspended bent-core liquid crystal film

“…There is no accepted nomenclature for this phase yet. It is designated as C B1 in [24], a "leaning" phase SmLP in [23], or a "tipping" phase SmT P in [25]. Another difference from previously reported leaning phases is that our compound shows no director modulation or layer undulation.…”

“…When ϕ = 90 • , the polarization is in the tilt plane. We designate this phase as a leaning SmCP phase or "tipping" SmT P phase [25], where the molecular bow lies in the tilt plane of the long molecular axis.…”

“…Different combinations of layers can be constructed in the SmT P phase exhibiting ferroelectric and antiferroelectric types of order [25]. The tilt structure is synclinic, as the optical textures under oblique incidence [Figs.…”

The 2013 Luckhurst-Samulski Prize

“…For the 2012 Prize, the winner by Picken and coworkers [9] was selected from a shortlist containing six other papers. [10][11][12][13][14][15] This year the shortlist contained eight papers, and any one of these eight would have made an outstanding winner of the Prize.…”

The influence of lateral substituents on the occurrence of a transition between two polar smectic phases with antiferroelectric properties

“…2,7-Disubstituted naphthalene central unit has been used previously to generate BC liquid crystals and a variety of phases and phase sequences have been observed. [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] As mentioned above, two homologous series of compounds A and B have been synthesised, mesophases characterised and the mesomorphic properties exhibited by them have been compared.…”