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Multiple polar and non‐polar nematic phases. (2021)
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BROWN, S., CRUICKSHAK, E., STOREY, J.M.D., IMRIE, C.T., POCIECHA, D., MAJEWSKA, M., MAKAL, A. and GORECKA, E. 2021. Multiple polar and non-polar nematic phases. ChemPhysChem [online], 22(24), pages 2506-2510. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202100644

Liquid-crystal materials exhibiting up to three nematic phases are reported. Dielectric response measurements show that while the lower temperature nematic phase has ferroelectric order and the highest temperature nematic phase is apolar, the interme... Read More about Multiple polar and non‐polar nematic phases..

Photonic bandgap in achiral liquid crystals: a twist on a twist. (2021)
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POCIECHA, D., VAUPOTIČ, N., MAJEWSKA, M., CRUICKSHANK, E., WALKER, R., STOREY, J.M.D., IMRIE, C.T., WANG, C. and GORECKA, E. 2021. Photonic bandgap in achiral liquid crystals: a twist on a twist. Advanced materials [online], 33(39), article 2103288. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202103288

Achiral mesogenic molecules are shown to be able to spontaneously assemble into liquid crystalline smectic phases having either simple or double-helical structures. At the transition between these phases, the double-helical structure unwinds. As a co... Read More about Photonic bandgap in achiral liquid crystals: a twist on a twist..

Chalcogen bonding and liquid crystallinity: understanding the anomalous behaviour of the 4'-(alkylthio)[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-carbonitriles (nSCB). (2021)
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CRUICKSHANK, E., STRACHAN, G.J., STOREY, J.M.D. and IMRIE, C.T. 2022. Chalcogen bonding and liquid crystallinity: understanding the anomalous behaviour of the 4'-(alkylthio)[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-carbonitriles (nSCB). Journal of molecular liquids [online], 346, article 117094. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117094

The synthesis and characterisation of the first eleven members of the 4'-(alkylthio)[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-carbonitriles series is reported. All eleven members show monotropic liquid crystal behaviour. The first six members are exclusively nematogenic, th... Read More about Chalcogen bonding and liquid crystallinity: understanding the anomalous behaviour of the 4'-(alkylthio)[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-carbonitriles (nSCB)..

Liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role of spacers and terminal alkyl chains. (2020)
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FORSYTH, E., PATERSON, D.A., CRUICKSHANK, E., STRACHAN, G.J., GORECKA, E., WALKER, R., STOREY, J.M.D. and IMRIE, C.T. 2020. Liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role of spacers and terminal alkyl chains. Journal of molecular liquids [online], 320(part A), article 114391. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114391

The synthesis and characterisation of four series of liquid crystal dimers based on benzylideneaniline mesogenic units, and in which the lengths of terminal alkyloxy chains are varied are reported. The series differ in terms of their flexible spacers... Read More about Liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role of spacers and terminal alkyl chains..

Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics. (2020)
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IADLOVSKA, O.S., BABAKHANOVA, G., MEHL, G.H., WELCH, C., CRUICKSHANK, E., STRACHAN, G.J., STOREY, J.M.D., IMRIE, C.T., SHIYANOVSKII, S.V. and LAVRENTOVICH, O.D. 2020. Temperature dependence of blend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics. Physical review research [online], 2 (1), article 013248. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013248

Elastic moduli of liquid crystals, known as Frank constants, are of quintessential importance for understanding fundamental properties of these materials and for the design of their applications. Although there are many methods to measure the Frank c... Read More about Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics..

Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase. (2019)
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CRUICKSHANK, E., SALAMOŃCZYK, M., POCIECHA, D., STRACHAN, G.J., STOREY, J.M.D., WANG, C., FENG, J., ZHU, C., GORECKA, E. and IMRIE, C.T. 2019. Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase. Liquid crystals [online], 46(10), pages 1595-1609. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2019.1641638

The synthesis and characterisation of two series of cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers containing sulfur links between the spacer and mesogenic units, the 4ʹ-[1,ω-alkanediylbis(thio)]bis-[1,1ʹ-biphenyl]-4-carbonitriles (CBSnSCB), and 4ʹ-({ω-[(... Read More about Sulfur-linked cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase..