The elusive thermotropic biaxial nematic phase in rigid bent-core molecules

Physics of liquid crystals

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Distinct ferroelectric smectic liquid crystals consisting of banana shaped achiral molecules

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Observation of a Biaxial Nematic Phase in Potassium Laurate-1-Decanol-Water Mixtures

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Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Materials Science +13