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The structure of a continuous-grid chiral cubic phase made of achiral constituent molecules is a hot topic in the field of thermotropic liquid crystals. Several structural models have been proposed so far. Resonant X-ray scattering (RXS), which gives information on the molecular orientation in the u ...

A resonant X-ray scattering response for two structural models of a chiral cubic phase with a giant unit cell, one composed of a continuous grid and micelles and the other with three continuous grids, is studied theoretically and compared to experimental measurements. For both structural models reso ...

The magnitude of the relative permittivity of the ferroelectric nematic phase (NF ) has been the subject of lively scientific discussion since the phase was recently discovered. Dielectric spectroscopy measurements (DSMs) give a huge value of relative permittivity, which depends on the cell thickn ...

Achiral mesogenic molecules are shown to be able to spontaneously assemble into liquid crystalline smectic phases having either simple or double-helical structures. At the transition between these phases, the double-helical structure unwinds. As a consequence, in some temperature range, the pitch of ...