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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2025

Interplay of Polar Order and Positional Order in Liquid Crystals-Observation of Re-entrant Ferroelectric Nematic Phase.

Grant J Strachan, Shona J Ramsay, Marijus Juodka, Damian Pociecha, Jadwiga Szydlowska, John M D Storey, Nataša Vaupotič, Rebecca Walker, Ewa Gorecka

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Electrically Tunable Heliconical Smectic Superstructure in Polar Fluids.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  2. Design Principles for Fluid Molecular Ferroelectrics.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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Grant J StrachanFaculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, Warsaw, 02-089, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1388-9713
Shona J RamsaySchool of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Great Britain.
Marijus JuodkaSchool of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Great Britain.
Damian PociechaFaculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, Warsaw, 02-089, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7734-3181
Jadwiga SzydlowskaFaculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, Warsaw, 02-089, Poland.
John M D StoreySchool of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Great Britain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5261-5467
Nataša VaupotičFaculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8058-2669
Rebecca WalkerSchool of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Great Britain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5167-7183
Ewa GoreckaFaculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 101, Warsaw, 02-089, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8076-5489

Funding

National Science Centre (Poland) 2021/43/B/ST5/00240Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS) P1-0055
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We show that development of polar order may spontaneously destroy the lamellar structure of a liquid crystal. This results in an unusual sequence of phases, with the ferroelectric nematic phase appearing below a non-polar smectic phase. The effect is related to unfavourable dipole interactions within the smectic layers and can be explained by Landau theory, in which the temperature-dependent term is non-monotonic as it is renormalised by spontaneous electric polarisation.

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NematicProper ferroelectricityRe‐entrant phenomena

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PMID41025786
PMCPMC12603991

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