Elastic continuum theory: Towards understanding of the twist-bend nematic phases
G. Barbero, L. R. Evangelista, P. Rosseto R. S. Zola e I. Lelidis
PHYSICAL REVIEW E – Volume: 92; Number article: 030501; DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.030501; 2015
The twist-bend nematic phase, NTB , may be viewed as a heliconical molecular arrangement in which the director n precesses uniformly about an extra director field, t. It corresponds to a nematic ground […]