Twist-bend nematic phases of bent-shaped biaxial molecules

2016
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dc.abstract.enHow can a change in molecular structure affect the relative stability and structural properties of the twist-bend nematic phase ($N_{TB}$)? Here we extend the mean-field model (C. Greco, G. R. Luckhurst and A. Ferrarini, Soft Matter, 2014, 10, 9318) for bent-shaped achiral molecules, to study the influence of arm molecular biaxiality and the value of the molecule's bend angle on the relative stability of $N_{TB}$. In particular we show that by controlling the biaxiality of the molecule's arms, up to four ordered phases can become stable. They involve local uniaxial and biaxial variants of $N_{TB}$, together with uniaxial and biaxial nematic phases. However, a V-shaped molecule shows a stronger ability to form stable $N_{TB}$ than a biaxial nematic phase, where the latter phase appears in the phase diagram only for bend angles greater than $140^{\circ}$ and for large biaxiality of the two arms.pl
dc.affiliationWydział Fizyki, Astronomii i Informatyki Stosowanej : Instytut Fizyki im. Mariana Smoluchowskiegopl
dc.contributor.authorTomczyk, Wojciech - 176162 pl
dc.contributor.authorPająk, Grzegorz - 200615 pl
dc.contributor.authorLonga, Lech - 100154 pl
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-25T13:44:14Z
dc.date.available2016-11-25T13:44:14Z
dc.date.issued2016pl
dc.description.number36pl
dc.description.physical7445-7452pl
dc.description.volume12pl
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/C6SM01197Gpl
dc.identifier.eissn1744-6848pl
dc.identifier.issn1744-683Xpl
dc.identifier.urihttp://ruj.uj.edu.pl/xmlui/handle/item/32926
dc.languageengpl
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dc.titleTwist-bend nematic phases of bent-shaped biaxial moleculespl
dc.title.journalSoft Matterpl
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