Novel elastic response in twist-bend nematic models
Abstract
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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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1560751
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- Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Soft Matter
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Soft Matter Journal Volume: 15 Journal Issue: 41; Journal ID: ISSN 1744-683X
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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Shi, Jiale, Sidky, Hythem, and Whitmer, Jonathan K. Novel elastic response in twist-bend nematic models. United Kingdom: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1039/C9SM01395D.
Shi, Jiale, Sidky, Hythem, & Whitmer, Jonathan K. Novel elastic response in twist-bend nematic models. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SM01395D
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"Novel elastic response in twist-bend nematic models". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SM01395D.
@article{osti_1560751,
title = {Novel elastic response in twist-bend nematic models},
author = {Shi, Jiale and Sidky, Hythem and Whitmer, Jonathan K.},
abstractNote = {We demonstrate that a simple lattice model of a twist-bend nematic exhibits nonmonotonic elastic behavior strikingly similar to recent experiments.},
doi = {10.1039/C9SM01395D},
journal = {Soft Matter},
number = 41,
volume = 15,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Oct 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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