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Polar order built into soft-matter phases with 3D structure

2021/43/B/ST5/00240

Keywords:

soft matter liquid crystals ferroelectrics structure x-ray diffraction

Descriptors:

  • ST5_001:
  • ST5_011:
  • ST3_013:

Panel:

ST5 - Materials: materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, advanced and functional materials with designed properties, (macro)molecular architecture, material engineering

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Chemii

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Damian Stanisław Pociecha 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 22 - announced on 2021-09-15

Amount awarded: 1 978 400 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2022-07-07

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-07-06

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (16)
  1. Nematic and smectic phases with proper ferroelectric order
    Authors:
    G. J. Strachan, E. Górecka, J. Szydłowska, A. Makal, D. Pociecha
    Academic press:
    Advanced Science (rok: 2025, tom: 12, strony: 2409754), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/advs.202409754 - link to the publication
  2. A design approach to obtaining highly polar liquid crystal dimers
    Authors:
    A. Zattarin, E. Cruickshank, D. Pociecha, J. M.D. Storey, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Liquid Crystals (rok: 2024, tom: 51, strony: 1035-1046), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2024.2374524 - link to the publication
  3. Unmasking the structure of a chiral cubic thermotropic liquid crystal phase by a combination of soft and tender resonant X-ray scattering
    Authors:
    299. T. Grabovac, E. Gorecka, C. Zhu, D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2022, tom: 18, strony: 8194-8200), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/d2sm01030e - link to the publication
  4. Molecular Shape, Electronic Factors, and the Ferroelectric Nematic Phase: Investigating the Impact of Structural Modifications
    Authors:
    N. Tufaha, E. Cruickshank, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka, J.M.D. Storey, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Chemistry—A European Journal (rok: 2023, tom: 29, strony: e202300073), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/chem.202300073 - link to the publication
  5. Dielectric response of a ferroelectric nematic liquid crystalline phase in thin cells
    Authors:
    N. Vaupotič, D. Pociecha, P. Rybak, J. Matraszek, M. Čepič, J. M. Wolska, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Liquid Crystals (rok: 2023, tom: 50, strony: 584–595), Wydawca: Taylor and Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2023.2180099 - link to the publication
  6. The effects of alkylthio chains on the properties of symmetric liquid crystal dimers
    Authors:
    E. Cruickshank, G. J. Strachan, M. M. Majewska, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    New Journal of Chemistry (rok: 2023, tom: 47, strony: 7356-7368), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D2NJ06252F - link to the publication
  7. Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in polar fluid–heliconical ferroelectric nematic phase
    Authors:
    J. Karcz, J. Herman, N. Rychłowicz, P. Kula, E. Górecka, J. Szydlowska, P. W. Majewski, D. Pociecha
    Academic press:
    Science (rok: 2024, tom: 384, strony: 1096-1099), Wydawca: AAAS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1126/science.adn6812 - link to the publication
  8. Ferroelectric nematogens containing a methylthio group
    Authors:
    G. Stepanafas, E. Cruickshank, S. Brown, M. M. Majewska, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Materials Advances (rok: 2024, tom: 5, strony: 525–538), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/d3ma00446e - link to the publication
  9. To Be or Not To Be Polar: The Ferroelectric and Antiferroelectric Nematic Phases
    Authors:
    E. Cruickshank, P. Rybak, M. M. Majewska, S. Ramsay, C. Wang, C. Zhu, R. Walker, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha
    Academic press:
    ACS Omega (rok: 2023, tom: 8, strony: 36562–36568), Wydawca: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acsomega.3c05884 - link to the publication
  10. Unmasking the structure of a chiral cubic thermotropic liquid crystal phase by a combination of soft and tender resonant X-ray scattering
    Authors:
    299. T. Grabovac, E. Gorecka, C. Zhu, D. Pociecha, N. Vaupotič
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2022, tom: 18, strony: 8194-8200), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/d2sm01030e - link to the publication
  11. The influence of molecular shape and electronic properties on the formation of the ferroelectric nematic phase
    Authors:
    E. Cruickshank, N. Tufaha, R. Walker, S. Brown, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, J. M.D. Storey, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Liquid Crystals (rok: 2024, tom: 51, strony: 401-415), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2024.2304598 - link to the publication
  12. The influence of the imine bond direction on the phase behaviour of symmetric and non-symmetric liquid crystal dimers
    Authors:
    E. Cruickshank, R. Walker, G. J. Strachan, C. H. F. Goode, M. M. Majewska, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Journal of Molecular Liquids (rok: 2023, tom: 391, strony: 123226), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123226 - link to the publication
  13. Using Lateral Substitution to Control Conformational Preference and Phase Behaviour of Benzanilide-based Liquid Crystal Dimers
    Authors:
    G. Strachan, M. M. Majewska, D. Pociecha, J. M.D. Storey, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    ChemPhysChem (rok: 2023, tom: 24, strony: e202200758 (1-9)), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/cphc.202200758 - link to the publication
  14. Ferroelectric Nematic-Isotropic Liquid Critical End Point
    Authors:
    J. Szydlowska, P. Majewski, M. Čepič, N. Vaupotič, P. Rybak, C. T. Imrie, R. Walker, E. Cruickshank, J. M. D. Storey, D. Pociecha, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Physical Review Letters (rok: 2023, tom: 130, strony: 216802), Wydawca: APS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.216802 - link to the publication
  15. Interpretation of dielectric spectroscopy measurements of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals
    Authors:
    V. Matko, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, J. Matraszek, N. Vaupotič
    Academic press:
    Physical Review Research (rok: 2024, tom: 6, strony: L042017), Wydawca: APS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L042017 - link to the publication
  16. Polar order in a fluid like ferroelectric with a tilted lamellar structure – observation of a polar smectic C (SmCP) phase
    Authors:
    J. Hobbs, C. J. Gibb, D. Pociecha, J. Szydłowska, E. Górecka, R. J. Mandle
    Academic press:
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition (rok: 2025, tom: 64, strony: e202416545), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/anie.202416545 - link to the publication

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