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[LCT4-3(Invited)] Polar Liquid Crystals for Highly Ordered Nematics
liquid crystals, ferroelectric nematic, high polar order, dielectric constant
We report liquid crystals that show ferroelectric nematic phases. We have modified the bridged three-ring structure reported previously to investigate structure-property relationships. Small changes in the length of the flexible chain and variation of the bridge structure cause large differences in the phase sequence as well as in the ferroelectric-nematic transition temperatures. In addition, as a first step toward industrially relevant mixture design, a binary...