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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Theoretical Insights into Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystals: Infrared Spectra Analysis of Naphthalene-Based Dimers.

Barbara Loska, Yuki Arakawa, Katarzyna Merkel

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Barbara LoskaInstitute of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, ul. 75 Pułku Piechoty 1A, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0756-5018
Yuki ArakawaDepartment of Applied Chemistry and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, 1-1 Hibarigaoka, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi 441-8580, Aichi, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8944-602X
Katarzyna MerkelInstitute of Materials Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Silesia in Katowice, ul. 75 Pułku Piechoty 1A, 41-500 Chorzów, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-1853-0996

Funding

National Science Centre, Poland 2020/39/O/ST5/03460
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, we employed density functional theory (DFT), a standard method in quantum chemistry, to investigate the structural intricacies of thioether-linked naphthalene-based liquid-crystal dimers. The theoretical analysis included the calculation of the molecular bend angle, a crucial factor influencing the formation of the twist-bend nematic (N

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conformational probabilityDFT simulationsFTIR spectroscopyliquid crystal dimersspatially modulated phasestwist–bend nematics

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PMID40363475
PMCPMC12072216

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