A continuum description for cholesteric and nematic twist-bend phases based on symmetry considerations
Rafael S. Zola, Giovani Barbero, Lelids L., Michely P. Rosseto, Luiz R. Evangelista.
Liquid Crystals – Volume: 44; Issue:1 ; Pages: 24-30; DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2016.1229054
The recently discovered twist-bend nematic phase, N-tb, is a non-uniform equilibrium nematic phase that presents a spontaneous bend with a precession of the nematic director, n, on a conical helix with a tilt angle […]