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A Festschrift in honour of Professor John William Goodby FRS; Guest Editor: Stephen Cowling

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Introduction
A Festschrift in honour of Professor John William Goodby FRS
Stephen Cowling
Pages: 1751-1754
Published online: 16 Nov 2017
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Free volume, molecular grains, self-organisation, and anisotropic entropy: machining materials
John W. Goodby
Pages: 1755-1763
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
AbstractforFree volume, molecular grains, self-organisation, and anisotropic entropy: machining materials | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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Is the alignment of nematics on a polymer slab always along the rubbing direction? A molecular dynamics study
Mattia Felice Palermo, Federico Bazzanini, Luca Muccioli & Claudio Zannoni
Pages: 1764-1774
Published online: 23 Jun 2017
AbstractforIs the alignment of nematics on a polymer slab always along the rubbing direction? A molecular dynamics study | Full Text | References | PDF (2.4 MB)
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The identification of the sign and strength of disclinations in the schlieren (nucleated domain) texture of the nematic phase, by optical microscopy
John E. Lydon, Helen Gleeson & Ethan I. L. Jull
Pages: 1775-1786
Published online: 15 Jun 2017
AbstractforThe identification of the sign and strength of disclinations in the schlieren (nucleated domain) texture of the nematic phase, by optical microscopy | Full Text | References | PDF (3.2 MB)
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Ferrielectric six-layer () and several electric-field-induced subphases in AS657 studied by complementary methods, electric-field-induced birefringence and microbeam resonant X-ray scattering
A. D. L. Chandani Perera, Atsuo Fukuda, Jagdish K. Vij & Yoichi Takanishi
Pages: 1787-1805
Published online: 13 Oct 2017
AbstractforFerrielectric six-layer () and several electric-field-induced subphases in AS657 studied by complementary methods, electric-field-induced birefringence and microbeam resonant X-ray scattering | Full Text | References | PDF (5.5 MB)
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From understanding structures in antiferro-ferri and ferroelelectric liquid crystals to an unusual electro-optic effect in a bent-core nematic; a celebration of innovative materials
Helen F. Gleeson & Mamatha Nagaraj
Pages: 1806-1815
Published online: 18 Aug 2017
AbstractforFrom understanding structures in antiferro-ferri and ferroelelectric liquid crystals to an unusual electro-optic effect in a bent-core nematic; a celebration of innovative materials | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Liquid-crystalline fork-like dendrons
Junya Uchida & Takashi Kato
Pages: 1816-1829
Published online: 29 Jun 2017
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Mesogenic origami – four-armed, star-shaped mesogens as precursors for functional liquid crystal materials
S. Roth & M. Lehmann
Pages: 1830-1851
Published online: 06 Jul 2017
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Designing liquid-crystalline dendronised hexa-adducts of [60]fullerene via click chemistry
Julien Iehl, Thi Le Anh Nguyen, Stéphane Frein, Uwe Hahn, Joaquín Barberá, Jean-François Nierengarten & Robert Deschenaux
Pages: 1852-1860
Published online: 15 Jun 2017
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Orientational ordering of nanorods in diblock copolymers
M. A Osipov, A. S Ushakova & M. V Gorkunov
Pages: 1861-1869
Published online: 13 Jul 2017
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Unusual electro-optical behaviour of the nematic polyacrylate
Alexey Bobrovsky, Natalia Boiko & Valery Shibaev
Pages: 1870-1876
Published online: 11 Jul 2017
AbstractforUnusual electro-optical behaviour of the nematic polyacrylate | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Molecular design of flexible liquid crystal oligomers stabilising the chiral frustrated phases
Atsushi Yoshizawa
Pages: 1877-1893
Published online: 12 May 2017
AbstractforMolecular design of flexible liquid crystal oligomers stabilising the chiral frustrated phases | Full Text | References | PDF (2.9 MB)
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A review of self-organising 2,5- and 2,4-disubstituted 1,3-thiazole-containing materials: synthesis, mechanisms and tactics
Alexander J. Seed & Paul Sampson
Pages: 1894-1910
Published online: 06 Jul 2017
AbstractforA review of self-organising 2,5- and 2,4-disubstituted 1,3-thiazole-containing materials: synthesis, mechanisms and tactics | Full Text | References | PDF (1.6 MB)
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Low-birefringence liquid crystal mixtures for photonic liquid crystal fibres application
Roman Dabrowski, Katarzyna Garbat, Stanisław Urban, Tomasz R. Woliński, Jerzy Dziaduszek, Tomasz Ogrodnik & Agata Siarkowska
Pages: 1911-1928
Published online: 14 Aug 2017
AbstractforLow-birefringence liquid crystal mixtures for photonic liquid crystal fibres application | Full Text | References | PDF (3.1 MB)
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Liquid crystals and precious metal: from nanoparticle dispersions to functional plasmonic nanostructures
Bernhard Atorf, Timon Funck, Torsten Hegmann, Susanne Kempter, Tim Liedl, Kevin Martens, Holger Mühlenbernd, Thomas Zentgraf, Bingru Zhang, Heinz Kitzerow & Martin Urbanski
Pages: 1929-1947
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
AbstractforLiquid crystals and precious metal: from nanoparticle dispersions to functional plasmonic nanostructures | Full Text | References | PDF (2.8 MB)
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Elucidating the fine details of cholesteric liquid crystal shell reflection patterns
Yong Geng, JungHyun Noh, Irena Drevensek-Olenik, Romano Rupp & Jan Lagerwall
Pages: 1948-1959
Published online: 14 Aug 2017
AbstractforElucidating the fine details of cholesteric liquid crystal shell reflection patterns | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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The measurement of weak chirality using nematic liquid crystals
E P Raynes & X Jia
Pages: 1960-1967
Published online: 28 Aug 2017
AbstractforThe measurement of weak chirality using nematic liquid crystals | Full Text | References | PDF (1.1 MB)
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Pitch measurements in chiral lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals
Timothy Ogolla, Samer B. Nashed & Peter J. Collings
Pages: 1968-1978
Published online: 23 May 2017
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Development of new coarse-grained models for chromonic liquid crystals: insights from top-down approaches
Thomas D. Potter, Jos Tasche, Elin L. Barrett, Martin Walker & Mark R. Wilson
Pages: 1979-1989
Published online: 25 Jun 2017
AbstractforDevelopment of new coarse-grained models for chromonic liquid crystals: insights from top-down approaches | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB)
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Discotic liquid crystals derived from polycyclic aromatic cores: from the smallest benzene to the utmost graphene cores
Ashwathanarayana Gowda, Manish Kumar & Sandeep Kumar
Pages: 1990-2017
Published online: 02 May 2017
AbstractforDiscotic liquid crystals derived from polycyclic aromatic cores: from the smallest benzene to the utmost graphene cores | Full Text | References | PDF (4.6 MB)
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A modified route to unsymmetrically substituted triphenylenes, new functionalised derivatives and twins, and the smallest reported triphenylene mesogen
Andrew N. Cammidge, Rebecca J. Turner, Rhoda D. Beskeni & Tahani Almutairi
Pages: 2018-2028
Published online: 29 Jun 2017
AbstractforA modified route to unsymmetrically substituted triphenylenes, new functionalised derivatives and twins, and the smallest reported triphenylene mesogen | Full Text | References | PDF (1 MB)
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Guest–host systems containing anthraquinone dyes with multiple visible transitions giving positive and negative dichroic order parameters: an assessment of principal molecular axes and computational methods
Mark T. Sims, Richard J. Mandle, John W. Goodby & John N. Moore
Pages: 2029-2045
Published online: 01 Jun 2017
AbstractforGuest–host systems containing anthraquinone dyes with multiple visible transitions giving positive and negative dichroic order parameters: an assessment of principal molecular axes and computational methods | Full Text | References | PDF (2.7 MB) | Supplemental
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Developments in liquid-crystalline dimers and oligomers
Richard J. Mandle, Matthew P. Stevens & John W. Goodby
Pages: 2046-2059
Published online: 29 Jun 2017
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Azobenzene-based liquid crystal dimers and the twist-bend nematic phase
Daniel A. Paterson, Rebecca Walker, Jordan P. Abberley, Jérémy Forestier, William T. A. Harrison, John M. D. Storey, Damian Pociecha, Ewa Gorecka & Corrie T. Imrie
Pages: 2060-2078
Published online: 06 Oct 2017
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Conformational landscapes of bimesogenic compounds and their implications for the formation of modulated nematic phases
Craig T. Archbold, Richard J. Mandle, Jessica L. Andrews, Stephen J. Cowling & John W. Goodby
Pages: 2079-2088
Published online: 02 Aug 2017
AbstractforConformational landscapes of bimesogenic compounds and their implications for the formation of modulated nematic phases | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB) | Supplemental
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Liquid crystalline glycosteroids and acyl steroid glycosides (ASG)
Zonglong Yang, Rui Xu, Fahima Ali-Rachedi, Stéphane Chambert, Nuno M. Xavier, Laurent Soulère, Mohammed Ahmar, Grahame Mackenzie, Edward J. Davis, John W. Goodby, Stephen J. Cowling & Yves Queneau
Pages: 2089-2107
Published online: 07 Jul 2017
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Revisiting (hydroxypropyl) cellulose (HPC)/water liquid crystalline system
M.H. Godinho, D.G. Gray & P. Pieranski
Pages: 2108-2120
Published online: 19 May 2017
AbstractforRevisiting (hydroxypropyl) cellulose (HPC)/water liquid crystalline system | Full Text | References | PDF (2.2 MB)
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Design and fabrication of liquid crystal-based lenses
Se-Um Kim, Jun-Hee Na, Chiwoo Kim & Sin-Doo Lee
Pages: 2121-2132
Published online: 28 May 2017
AbstractforDesign and fabrication of liquid crystal-based lenses | Full Text | References | PDF (1.8 MB)
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Defects, flexoelectricity and RF communications: the ZBD story
J. Cliff Jones
Pages: 2133-2160
Published online: 22 Aug 2017
AbstractforDefects, flexoelectricity and RF communications: the ZBD story | Full Text | References | PDF (3.8 MB)
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Nematodynamics and structures in junctions of cylindrical micropores
Ž. Kos, M. Ravnik & S. Žumer
Pages: 2161-2171
Published online: 25 Jul 2017
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Letter
The parking building in Analogia
John Lydon
Pages: 2172-2174
Published online: 23 Aug 2017
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