Alberta Ferrarini

Phase behavior and properties of the liquid-crystal dimer 1′′,7′′-bis(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) heptane: A twist-bend nematic liquid crystal

Mirko Cestari, S. Diez‐Berart, D. A. Dunmur et al. · Physical Review E · 2011 · 623 citations

Materials Science, Crystal Structure, Liquid-crystal Dimer 1′′,7′′-Bis +13

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

Daniel A. Paterson, Min Gao, Young‐Ki Kim et al. · Soft Matter · 2016 · 202 citations · Full text

Materials Science, Crystal Structure, Molecular Dynamics +15

Molecular geometry, twist-bend nematic phase and unconventional elasticity: a generalised Maier–Saupe theory

Cristina Greco, G. R. Luckhurst, Alberta Ferrarini · Soft Matter · 2014 · 134 citations

A shape model for molecular ordering in nematics

Alberta Ferrarini, Giorgio J. Moro, P. L. Nordio et al. · Molecular Physics · 1992 · 133 citations

Ordering Tensors, Engineering, Physics +13

Controlling chirality with helix inversion in cholesteric liquid crystals

Nathalie Katsonis, Emmanuelle Lacaze, Alberta Ferrarini · Journal of Materials Chemistry · 2012 · 133 citations

Engineering, Physics, Protein Folding +12