Dr Ewan Cruickshank's Outputs (7)

The role of fluorine substituents in the formation of the ferroelectric nematic phase. (2024)
Journal Article
CRUICKSHANK, E., WALKER, R., STRACHAN, G.J., GÓRECKA, E., POCIECHA, D., STOREY, J.M.D. and IMRIE, C.T. [2025]. The role of fluorine substituents in the formation of the ferroelectric nematic phase. Journal of materials chemistry C [online], Advance Article. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TC03318C

The synthesis and characterization of a group of molecules based on the skeletal structures of 4-[(4-nitrophenoxy)carbonyl]phenyl 4-methoxybenzoate and (4-nitrophenyl) 2-methoxy-4-(4-methoxybenzoyl)oxybenzoate is reported. Fluorine substituents are a... Read More about The role of fluorine substituents in the formation of the ferroelectric nematic phase..

Cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role played by the length and parity of the spacer. (2024)
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CRUICKSHANK, E., STRACHAN, G.J., THAPA, K., POCIECHA, D., SALAMOŃCZYK, M., STOREY, J.M.D., GORECKA, E., LAVRENTOVICH, O. and IMRIE, C.T. 2024. Cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role played by the length and parity of the spacer. Liquid crystals [online], 51(8-9), pages 1446-1470. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2381570

Six members of the 1,ω-bis(4-cyanobiphenyl-4'-yl) alkanes are reported and referred to as CBnCB in which n = 1, 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20 and indicates the number of methylene units in the spacer separating the two cyanobiphenyl units. The behaviour of C... Read More about Cyanobiphenyl-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase: on the role played by the length and parity of the spacer..

A design approach to obtaining highly polar liquid crystal dimers. (2024)
Journal Article
ZATTARIN, A., CRUICKSHANK, E., POCIECHA, D., STOREY, J.M.D., GORECKA, E. and IMRIE, C.T. 2024. A design approach to obtaining highly polar liquid crystal dimers. Liquid crystals [online], 51(6): a festschrift in honour of Professor Lech Longa, pages 1035-1046. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2374524

The synthesis and characterisation of 10 members of the [4[(E)-[4-[4-[ω-(4-cyanophenyl)phenoxy]alkyloxy]-3-nitrophenyl]methylideneamino]phenyl] 2,4-dimethoxybenzoates is reported in which the number of methylene units in the flexible spacer is increa... Read More about A design approach to obtaining highly polar liquid crystal dimers..

Heliconical nematic and smectic phases: the synthesis and characterisation of the CB4O.m and CB8O.m series. (2024)
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ALSHAMMARI, A.F., ZATTARIN, A., PEARSON, A., CRUICKSHANK, E., MAJEWSKA, M., POCIECHA, D., STOREY, J.M.D., GORECKA, E., IMRIE, C.T. and WALKER, R. 2024. Heliconical nematic and smectic phases: the synthesis and characterisation of the CB4O.m and CB8O.m series. Liquid crystals [online], 51(13-14): proceedings of the 16th European conference on liquid crystals (ECLC 2023), 10-14 July 2023, Rende, Italy, pages 2300-2312. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2334342

The synthesis and characterisation of two series of nonsymmetric dimers belonging to the family of compounds, the 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl)-ω-(4-alkylanilinebenzylidene-4′-oxy)alkanes (CBnO.m) is reported; in the acronym, n refers to the number of ca... Read More about Heliconical nematic and smectic phases: the synthesis and characterisation of the CB4O.m and CB8O.m series..

Rapid conformational analysis of semi-flexible liquid crystals. (2024)
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HOBBS, J.L., GIBB, C.J., CRUICKSHANK, E., WALKER, R. and MANDLE, R.J. 2024. Rapid conformational analysis of semi-flexible liquid crystals. Liquid crystals [online], 51(6): a festschrift in honour of Professor Lech Longa, pages 1022-1034. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2333323

We present an approach for rapid conformational analysis of semi-flexible liquid crystals. We use a simple graphical user interface (GUI) tool that leverages rules-based methods for efficient generation of bend-angle distributions, offering a signifi... Read More about Rapid conformational analysis of semi-flexible liquid crystals..

The emergence of a polar nematic phase: a chemist's insight into the ferroelectric nematic phase. (2024)
Journal Article
CRUICKSHANK, E. 2024. The emergence of a polar nematic phase: a chemist's insight into the ferroelectric nematic phase. ChemPlusChem [online], 89(5), article number e202300726. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.202300726

The discovery of a new polar nematic phase; the ferroelectric nematic, has generated a great deal of excitement in the field of liquid crystals. To date there have been around 150 materials reported exhibiting the ferroelectric nematic phase, in gene... Read More about The emergence of a polar nematic phase: a chemist's insight into the ferroelectric nematic phase..

The influence of molecular shape and electronic properties on the formation of the ferroelectric nematic phase. (2024)
Journal Article
CRUICKSHANK, E., TUFAHA, N., WALKER, R., BROWN, S., GORECKA, E., POCIECHA, D., STOREY, J.M.D. and IMRIE, C.T. 2024. The influence of molecular shape and electronic properties on the formation of the ferroelectric nematic phase. Liquid crystals [online], 51(3), pages 401-415. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.2304598

The synthesis and characterisation of two series of ferroelectric nematogens based on RM734 having an additional methoxy group on the central phenyl ring are reported, the 3-methoxy-4-((4-nitrophenoxy)carbonyl)phenyl 2-alkoxy-4-alkoxybenzoates (7-m-n... Read More about The influence of molecular shape and electronic properties on the formation of the ferroelectric nematic phase..