Thermotropic liquid crystals can be formed by various molecular shapes, some discovered
over 125 years ago. The simplest and most-studied liquid crystals are made of rod-shaped …

Morphogenesis of living systems involves topological shape transformations which are
highly unusual in the inanimate world. Here, we demonstrate that a droplet of a nematic …

The recent identification of ferroelectricity within the nematic phase of liquid crystals has
triggered significant interest. However, prior to this discovery; the potential existence of …

We perform an extensive computational study on the phase behavior of hard banana-
shaped particles, and show that biaxial, twist-bend, and splay-bend nematic phases are …

The nanoscopic structure of the cores of topological defects in anisotropic condensed matter
is an unresolved issue, although a number of theoretical predictions have been reported. In …

The detailed structure of singularities of ordered field represents a fundamental problem in
diverse areas of physics. At the defect cores, the deformations are so strong that the system …

We report temperature dependencies of material properties such as dielectric anisotropy,
birefringence, splay (), twist (), and bend () elastic constants of the uniaxial nematic (N) …

Graphene oxide (GO) was doped to eutectic uniaxial nematic liquid crystals (NLCs)(E5CN7)
with different percentages to improve the physiochemical properties of NLCs effectively. GO …

The possibility of biaxial orientational order in nematic liquid crystals is a subject of intense
current interest. We explore the tendencies toward local and global biaxial ordering in the …

Bent-core liquid crystals (BCLCs) exhibit unique properties like spontaneous breaking of the
mirror symmetry and polar switching by electric fields, forming the basis of a range of …