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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2022

Observation of a uniaxial ferroelectric smectic A phase.

Xi Chen, Vikina Martinez, Pierre Nacke, Eva Korblova, Atsutaka Manabe, Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Guillaume Freychet, Mikhail Zhernenkov, Matthew A Glaser, Leo Radzihovsky and 5 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Electrically Tunable Heliconical Smectic Superstructure in Polar Fluids.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  3. Design Principles for Fluid Molecular Ferroelectrics.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  8. Helix Alignment, Chevrons, and Edge Dislocations in Twist-Bend Ferroelectric Nematics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  10. Twist Grain Boundary Phases in Proper Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Realm.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  15. Thermotropic reentrant isotropic symmetry and induced smectic antiferroelectricity in the ferroelectric nematic material RM734.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  16. Antiferroelectric Order in Nematic Liquids: Flexoelectricity Versus Electrostatics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  17. Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals Showing High Birefringence.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  18. Macroscopic dynamics of the antiferroelectric smecticThe European physical journal. E, Soft matter · 2025
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Authors and funding

15 authors.

Xi ChenDepartment of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.ORCID 0000-0002-8359-200X
Vikina MartinezDepartment of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.
Pierre NackeInstitute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Eva KorblovaDepartment of Chemistry and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.ORCID 0000-0002-3818-4373
Atsutaka ManabeElectronics Division, Merck KGaA, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany.
Melanie Klasen-MemmerElectronics Division, Merck KGaA, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany.
Guillaume FreychetNational Synchrotron Light Source-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973.ORCID 0000-0001-8406-798X
Mikhail ZhernenkovNational Synchrotron Light Source-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973.ORCID 0000-0003-3604-0672
Matthew A GlaserDepartment of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.ORCID 0000-0002-8366-5598
Leo RadzihovskyDepartment of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.
Joseph E MaclennanDepartment of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.ORCID 0000-0002-3587-554X
David M WalbaDepartment of Chemistry and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.ORCID 0000-0002-4478-3858
Matthias BremerElectronics Division, Merck KGaA, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany.
Frank GiesselmannInstitute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9974-9470
Noel A ClarkDepartment of Physics and Soft Materials Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309.

Funding

Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) APP-35428DOE | Office of Science (SC) DE-SC0012704NSF | MPS | Division of Materials Research (DMR) 1420736NSF | MPS | Division of Materials Research (DMR) 1710711NSF | MPS | Division of Materials Research (DMR) 2005170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the observation of the smectic A

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ferroelectricliquid crystalnematicsmectic

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PMID36375062
PMCPMC9704750

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