Fluctuation Modes of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal

Fluctuation Modes of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal

We report a dynamic light-scattering study of the fluctuation modes in a thermotropic liquid crystalline mixture of monomer and dimer compounds that exhibits the twist-bend nematic (N_{TB}) phase. The results reveal a spectrum of overdamped fluctuations that includes two nonhydrodynamic modes and on...

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Main Authors: Z. Parsouzi, S. M. Shamid, V. Borshch, P. K. Challa, A. R. Baldwin, M. G. Tamba, C. Welch, G. H. Mehl, J. T. Gleeson, A. Jakli, O. D. Lavrentovich, D. W. Allender, J. V. Selinger, S. Sprunt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2016-06-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.6.021041

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