Flexoelectricity in chiral nematic liquid crystals as a driving mechanism for the twist-bend and splay-bend modulated phases

Natasa Vaupotic; Mojca  Čepič; Mikhail Osipov; Ewa Gorecka

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.89.030501

Flexoelectricity in chiral nematic liquid crystals as a driving mechanism for the twist-bend and splay-bend modulated phases

Natasa Vaupotic, Mojca Čepič, Mikhail Osipov, Ewa Gorecka

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Abstract

We present a continuum theoretical model describing the impact of chirality on nematic systems with large flexoelectricity. As opposed to achiral materials, where only one type of the modulated structure can exist in a given material, the model predicts that chirality can stabilize several modulated phases, which have already been observed experimentally

Original language	English
Article number	030501(R)
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review E: Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
Volume	89
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.030501
Publication status	Published - 26 Mar 2014

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continuum theoretical model
liquid crystals
nematic systems
flexoelectricity

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In: Physical Review E: Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics , Vol. 89, No. 3, 030501(R) , 26.03.2014.

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Flexoelectricity in chiral nematic liquid crystals as a driving mechanism for the twist-bend and splay-bend modulated phases

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