'Setting things straight' by twisting and bending?
Soft Condensed Matter
2020-09-25 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
We explain the origins of the controversy about the classification of the NX phase observed in cyanobiphenyl dimers and why it is a polar twisted phase, an entirely new kind of nematic.
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@article{arxiv.2009.11399,
title = {'Setting things straight' by twisting and bending?},
author = {Edward T. Samulski and Alexandros G. Vanakaras and Demetri J. Photinos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.11399},
year = {2020}
}
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