A twist-bend nematic to an intercalated, anticlinic, biaxial phase transition in liquid crystal bimesogens

Richard J. Mandle; John W. Goodby

doi:10.1039/c5sm02720a

A twist-bend nematic to an intercalated, anticlinic, biaxial phase transition in liquid crystal bimesogens

Richard J. Mandle^*, John W. Goodby

^*Corresponding author for this work

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In this article we describe for bimesogens the first observed transition from a "heliconical" twist-bend nematic liquid crystal to a novel biaxial, anticlinic, intercalated lamellar phase. The phase behaviour and structures of both polymorphs is similar to that of polymers, confirming that bimesogens can act as model systems for main chain liquid crystal polymers, and in principle are separate soft-matter branches of self-organising systems.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1436-1443
Number of pages	8
Journal	Soft Matter
Volume	12
Issue number	5
Early online date	27 Nov 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c5sm02720a
Publication status	Published - 2016

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