Abstract
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 intermediate phase has local antiferroelectric order. The modification of the molecular structure by increasing the number of lateral fluorine substituents leads to one of the materials showing a direct isotropic- ferronematic phase transition.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2506-2510 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | ChemPhysChem |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 24 |
Early online date | 8 Nov 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Dec 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:M. M., D. P. and E. G. acknowledge the support of the National Science Centre (Poland) under the grant no. 016/22/A/ST5/00319. C.T.I. and J.M.D.S. acknowledge the financial support of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/V048775/1].
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- dielectric constant
- ferroelectric properties
- liquid crystals
- materials science
- nematic phase