Understanding the twist-bend nematic phase: the characterisation of 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4'-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4'-yl) hexane (CB6OCB) and comparison with CB7CB


Autoria(s): Paterson, Daniel A; Gao, Min; Kim, Young-Ki; Jamali, Afsoon; Finley, Kirsten; Robles-Hernandez, Beatriz; Diez-Berat, Sergio; Salud, Josep; de la Fuente, M. Rosario; Timimi, Bakir A.; Zimmermann, Herbert; Greco, Cristina; Ferrarini, Alberta; Storey, John M. D.; Lopez, David Orencio; Lavrentovich, Oleg D.; Luckhurst, Geoffrey R.; Imrie, C T
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University of Aberdeen, Natural & Computing Sciences, Chemistry

University of Aberdeen, Energy

University of Aberdeen, Natural & Computing Sciences

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02/08/2016

02/08/2016

2016

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Acknowledgements The FFTEM data were obtained at the (Cryo) TEM facility at the Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University, supported by the Ohio Research Scholars Program Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials. ODL acknowledges the support of NSF DMR-1410378 grant. The authors are grateful for financial support from MINECO/FEDER MAT2015-66208-C3-2-P and from the Gobierno Vasco (GI/IT-449-10)

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Paterson , D A , Gao , M , Kim , Y-K , Jamali , A , Finley , K , Robles-Hernandez , B , Diez-Berat , S , Salud , J , de la Fuente , M R , Timimi , B A , Zimmermann , H , Greco , C , Ferrarini , A , Storey , J M D , Lopez , D O , Lavrentovich , O D , Luckhurst , G R & Imrie , C T 2016 , ' Understanding the twist-bend nematic phase: the characterisation of 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4'-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4'-yl) hexane (CB6OCB) and comparison with CB7CB ' Soft matter , vol 12 , no. 32 , pp. 6827-6840 . , 10.1039/C6SM00537C

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