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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 (8)
  1. 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 (), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/cphc.202200758 - link to the publication
  2. 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 , Wydawca: APS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.216802 - link to the publication
  3. 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 (), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/chem.202300073 - link to the publication
  4. 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 (), Wydawca: Taylor and Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2023.2180099 - link to the publication
  5. 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 (), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/d2sm01030e - 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 (), Wydawca: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D2NJ06252F - link to the publication
  7. 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 (), Wydawca: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acsomega.3c05884 - link to the publication
  8. 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 , Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123226 - link to the publication