Projects funded by the NCN
The role of intermolecular interactions, molecular bend angle and biaxiality in stabilizing the structure of the twist-bend phase liquid crystal materials.
2020/39/O/ST5/03460
Keywords:
nematic spatially modulated phases orientation order intermolecular interactions DFT modeling FTIR and Raman spectroscopy
Descriptors:
- ST5_001:
- ST5_011:
- ST5_013:
Panel:
ST5 - Materials: materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, advanced and functional materials with designed properties, (macro)molecular architecture, material engineering
Host institution :
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, Wydział Nauk Ścisłych i Technicznych
woj. śląskie
Principal investigator (from the host institution):
Number of co-investigators in the project: 2
Call: PRELUDIUM BIS 2 - announced on 2020-09-15
Amount awarded: 495 440 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-10-01
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2025-09-30
Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Pending project
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- Publication in academic press/journals (3)
- Exploring the Impact of Intermolecular Interactions on the Glassy Phase Formation of Twist-Bend Liquid Crystal Dimers: Insights from Dielectric StudiesAuthors:Antoni Kocot, Małgorzata Czarnecka, Yuki Arakawa and Katarzyna MerkelAcademic press:Molecules (rok: 2023, tom: 28, strony: 7441-55), Wydawca: MDPIStatus:PublishedDOI:10.3390/molecules28217441 - link to the publication
- How Do Intermolecular Interactions Evolve at the Nematic to Twist–Bent Phase Transition?Authors:K. Merkel, B. Loska, Y. Arakawa, G. H. Mehl, J. Karcz, A. KocotAcademic press:International Journal of Molecular Sciences (rok: 2022, tom: 23, strony: 11018 - 16), Wydawca: MDPIStatus:PublishedDOI:10.3390/ijms231911018 - link to the publication
- Dielectric Study of Liquid Crystal Dimers: Probing the Orientational Order and Molecular Interactions in Nematic and Twist-Bend Nematic PhasesAuthors:Antoni Kocot, Małgorzata Czarnecka, Yuki Arakawa, and Katarzyna MerkelAcademic press:The Journal of Physical Chemistry B (rok: 2023, tom: 127, strony: 7082−7090), Wydawca: ACS PublicationsStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c03496 - link to the publication