Competition, resolution, and rotational motion in frustrated liquid crystals

John W. Goodby; Stephen J. Cowling; Verena Gortz

doi:10.1016/j.crci.2008.07.004

Competition, resolution, and rotational motion in frustrated liquid crystals

John W. Goodby, Stephen J. Cowling, Verena Gortz

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In this article we highlight the packing of chiral molecules in the stabilisation of twist grain boundary phases of liquid crystals. We probe the nature and structure of the screw dislocations in these frustrated phases, and describe their mobility through examples of twist inversion, reentrancy and rotational motion. We then explore the possibility of forming edge dislocation phases through investigating the filamentary structures formed at the transition from the nematic phase in bent-core systems. To cite this article: J. W. Goodby et al., C R. Chimie 12 (2009). (C) 2008 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	70-84
Number of pages	15
Journal	Comptes Rendus Chimie
Volume	12
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crci.2008.07.004
Publication status	Published - Jan 2009

Keywords

Liquid crystals
Self-organising systems
Chirality
Frustrated phases
Superconductivity
GRAIN-BOUNDARY PHASE
ABRIKOSOV PHASE
TGB PHASES
POLARIZATION
MESOPHASES
ANALOG
MODEL
FIELD
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TRANSITIONS

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Competition, resolution, and rotational motion in frustrated liquid crystals

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