An unusual type of polymorphism in a liquid crystal
Polymorphism is a property that allows a material to exist in two or more crystal structures. Here the authors observe thermal-induced structural polymorphism in a bent-core liquid crystal compound and show that by choosing the cooling rate, different structures with distinct structural colours are...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-02-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03160-9 |