Novel elastic response in twist-bend nematic models

Shi, Jiale; Sidky, Hythem; Whitmer, Jonathan K.

doi:10.1039/C9SM01395D

Title: Novel elastic response in twist-bend nematic models

Journal Article · Wed Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Soft Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SM01395D· OSTI ID:1560751

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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA

We demonstrate that a simple lattice model of a twist-bend nematic exhibits nonmonotonic elastic behavior strikingly similar to recent experiments.

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