Nicola Jane Boyd

Optimization of the GAFF force field to describe liquid crystal molecules: the path to a dramatic improvement in transition temperature predictions

Nicola Jane Boyd, Mark R. Wilson · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · 2015 · 65 citations · Full text

Engineering, Computational Chemistry, Chemistry +19

Heliconical-layered nanocylinders (HLNCs) – hierarchical self-assembly in a unique B4 phase liquid crystal morphology

Sasan Shadpour, Ahlam Nemati, Nicola Jane Boyd et al. · Materials Horizons · 2019 · 34 citations · Full text

B4 Phase, Supramolecular Assembly, Engineering +16

Molecular Simulation Approaches to the Study of Thermotropic and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

Mark R. Wilson, Gary Yu, Thomas D. Potter et al. · Crystals · 2022 · 28 citations · Full text

Engineering, Liquid Crystalline Elastomer, Experimental Thermodynamics +19

Validating an optimized GAFF force field for liquid crystals: <i>T</i>_NI predictions for bent-core mesogens and the first atomistic predictions of a dark conglomerate phase

Nicola Jane Boyd, Mark R. Wilson · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · 2017 · 26 citations · Full text

Missing Link between Helical Nano‐ and Microfilaments in B4 Phase Bent‐Core Liquid Crystals, and Deciphering which Chiral Center Controls the Filament Handedness

Sasan Shadpour, Ahlam Nemati, Mirosław Salamończyk et al. · Small · 2019 · 21 citations · Full text