Spontaneous symmetry breaking in polar fluids

Abstract Spontaneous symmetry breaking and emergent polar order are each of fundamental importance to a range of scientific disciplines, as well as generating rich phase behaviour in liquid crystals (LCs). Here, we show the union of these phenomena to lead to two previously undiscovered polar liquid...

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Main Authors: Calum J. Gibb, Jordan Hobbs, Diana I. Nikolova, Thomas Raistrick, Stuart R. Berrow, Alenka Mertelj, Natan Osterman, Nerea Sebastián, Helen F. Gleeson, Richard. J. Mandle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50230-2