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Flexoelectric behavior of bimesogenic liquid crystals in the nematic phase – observation of a new self-assembly pattern at the twist-bend nematic and the nematic interface

R. Balachandran, Yu. P. Panarin, J. K. Vij, M. G. Tamba, Georg H. Mehl, J. K. Song

Journal of Materials Chemistry C · 2014 · 54 citations · 24 references

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Flexoelectricity in a bimesogenic liquid crystal exhibiting the N<sub>tb</sub> phase is higher than that in bimesogens without it. The N–N<sub>tb</sub> interface shows a new periodic self-assembly pattern.

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