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

2021/43/B/ST5/00240

Keywords

Descriptors

  • ST5_001: Właściwości strukturalne materiałów
  • ST5_011: Materiały "inteligentne" – materiały samoorganizujące się, materiały reagujące na bodźce zewnętrzne
  • ST3_013: Struktura i dynamika układów nieuporządkowanych, miękka materia itp.

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

Voivodeship: mazowieckie

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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
2022-07-07
Project end date
2026-07-06
Project duration
48 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Pending project

Project description

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Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (20)

  1. 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 (year: 2024, volume: 384, pages: 1096-1099), Publisher: AAAS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1126/science.adn6812 – link to the publication

  2. Interplay of Polar Order and Positional Order in Liquid Crystals–Observation of Re-entrant Ferroelectric Nematic Phase

    Authors:
    G. J. Strachan, S. J. Ramsay, M. Juodka, D. Pociecha, J. Szydlowska, J. M.D. Storey, N. Vaupotič, R. Walker, E. Gorecka
    Academic press:
    Angewandte Chemie International Edition (year: 2025, volume: 64, pages: e202516302), Publisher: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/anie.202516302 – link to the publication

  3. 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 (year: 2023, volume: 47, pages: 7356-7368), Publisher: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D2NJ06252F – link to the publication

  4. Twist-bend liquid crystal phases and molecular structure: the role of methoxybiphenyl

    Authors:
    C. J. Gibb, M. Majewska, G. J. Strachan, D. Pociecha, J. M. D. Storey, E. Gorecka, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (year: 2025, volume: 27, pages: 6104-6110), Publisher: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D4CP04076G – link to the publication

  5. 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 (year: 2023, volume: 24, pages: e202200758 (1-9)), Publisher: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/cphc.202200758 – link to the publication

  6. 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 (year: 2023, volume: 8, pages: 36562–36568), Publisher: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acsomega.3c05884 – link to the publication

  7. 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 (year: 2023, volume: 391, pages: 123226), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.molliq.2023.123226 – link to the publication

  8. The Influence of Methyl Groups on the Formation of the Ferroelectric Nematic Phase

    Authors:
    E. Cruickshank, R. Walker, M. M. Majewska, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    ACS Omega (year: 2025, volume: 10, pages: 23609-23619), Publisher: ACS Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acsomega.5c02500 – link to the publication

  9. 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 (year: 2024, volume: 51, pages: 401-415), Publisher: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2024.2304598 – link to the publication

  10. 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 (year: 2024, volume: 5, pages: 525–538), Publisher: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/d3ma00446e – link to the publication

  11. 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 (year: 2022, volume: 18, pages: 8194-8200), Publisher: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/d2sm01030e – link to the publication

  12. 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 (year: 2023, volume: 50, pages: 584–595), Publisher: Taylor and Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2023.2180099 – link to the publication

  13. 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 (year: 2025, volume: 64, pages: e202416545), Publisher: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/anie.202416545 – link to the publication

  14. Nematic and smectic phases with proper ferroelectric order

    Authors:
    G. J. Strachan, E. Górecka, J. Szydłowska, A. Makal, D. Pociecha
    Academic press:
    Advanced Science (year: 2025, volume: 12, pages: 2409754), Publisher: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/advs.202409754 – link to the publication

  15. The role of fluorine substituents in the formation of the ferroelectric nematic phase

    Authors:
    E. Cruickshank, R. Walker, G. Strachan, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, J. M. D. Storey, C. T. Imrie
    Academic press:
    Journal of Materials Chemistry C (year: 2025, volume: 13, pages: 3902-3916), Publisher: RSC
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D4TC03318C – link to the publication

  16. Fluorination: Simple Change but Complex Impact on Ferroelectric Nematic and Smectic Liquid Crystal Phases

    Authors:
    G. J. Strachan, E. Górecka, J. Hobbs, D. Pociecha, Fluorination: Simple Change but Complex Impact on Ferroelectric Nematic and Smectic Liquid Crystal Phases
    Academic press:
    Journal of the American Chemical Society (year: 2025, volume: 147, pages: 6058-6066), Publisher: ACS Publications
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/jacs.4c16802 – link to the publication

  17. 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 (year: 2023, volume: 29, pages: e202300073), Publisher: Wiley
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1002/chem.202300073 – link to the publication

  18. 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 (year: 2023, volume: 130, pages: 216802), Publisher: APS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.216802 – link to the publication

  19. 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 (year: 2024, volume: 51, pages: 1035-1046), Publisher: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/02678292.2024.2374524 – link to the publication

  20. 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 (year: 2024, volume: 6, pages: L042017), Publisher: APS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.L042017 – link to the publication

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