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What makes a liquid crystal? The effect of free volume on soft matter
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| Journal | LIQUID CRYSTALS |
|---|---|
| Date | Accepted/In press - 7 Jun 2015 |
| Date | Published (current) - 23 Jun 2015 |
| Issue number | 5-6 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Pages (from-to) | 593-622 |
| Original language | English |
Abstract
In this article, we probe the formation of liquid crystal and soft crystal phases as a consequence of minimising the free volume of the system either through design engineering of molecular shape or through deformation of molecular architecture. Following this concept, a number of realisations were made, for example, smectic A phases with variable layer spacing, smectic C phases without layer shrinkage, lattices of free space and fibres in N<inf>TB</inf> phases.
- free volume, liquid crystal, NTB, smectic, soft crystal, soft matter
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