Nano-clustering mediates phase transitions in a diastereomerically-stabilized ferroelectric nematic system

Ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals are interesting due to their combined high polarizability, electro-optic activity, and fluidity. Here, the authors tune the ferroelectric nematic phase transition by mixing diastereomer molecules, investigating the role of clusters in the stabilization of the fe...

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Main Authors: Hiroya Nishikawa, Koki Sano, Saburo Kurihara, Go Watanabe, Atsuko Nihonyanagi, Barun Dhara, Fumito Araoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Communications Materials
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-022-00312-9