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Synthesis and photochromic properties of a bis(diarylethene)-naphthopyran hybrid (2014)
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Erko, F. G., Cseh, L., Berthet, J., Mehl, G. H., & Delbaere, S. (2015). Synthesis and photochromic properties of a bis(diarylethene)-naphthopyran hybrid. Dyes and pigments : an international journal, 115(April), 102-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2014.12.015

The synthesis and photochromic properties of a triphotochromic molecule consisting of one naphthopyran flanked by two diarylethene units investigated by UV-Visible and NMR spectroscopies are reported. Six different states resulting from the open/clos... Read More about Synthesis and photochromic properties of a bis(diarylethene)-naphthopyran hybrid.

Correction: Flexoelectric behavior of bimesogenic liquid crystals in the nematic phase - Observation of a new self-assembly pattern at the twist-bend nematic and the nematic interface (2014)
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Balachandran, R., Panov, V. P., Panarin, Y. P., Vij, J. K., Tamba, M. G., Mehl, G. H., & Song, J. K. (2014). Correction: Flexoelectric behavior of bimesogenic liquid crystals in the nematic phase - Observation of a new self-assembly pattern at the twist-bend nematic and the nematic interface. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2(47), 10217. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc90153c

On the structure of the Nx phase of symmetric dimers: inferences from NMR (2014)
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Hoffmann, A., Vanakaras, A. G., Kohlmeier, A., Mehl, G., & Photinos, D. J. (2015). On the structure of the Nx phase of symmetric dimers: inferences from NMR. Soft matter, 11(5), 850-855. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4sm02480j

NMR measurements on a selectively deuterated liquid crystal dimer CB-C9-CB, exhibiting two nematic phases, show that the molecules in the lower temperature nematic phase, NX, experience a chiral environment and are ordered about a uniformly oriented... Read More about On the structure of the Nx phase of symmetric dimers: inferences from NMR.

Fabrication of salt–hydrogel marbles and hollow-shell microcapsules by an aerosol gelation technique (2014)
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Rutkevičius, M., Mehl, G. H., Petkov, J. T., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (2015). Fabrication of salt–hydrogel marbles and hollow-shell microcapsules by an aerosol gelation technique. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3(1), 82-89. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tb01443j

We designed a new method for preparation of liquid marbles by using hydrophilic particles. Salt–hydrogel marbles were prepared by atomising droplets of hydrogel solution in a cold air column followed by rolling of the collected hydrogel microbeads in... Read More about Fabrication of salt–hydrogel marbles and hollow-shell microcapsules by an aerosol gelation technique.

Flexoelectric behavior of bimesogenic liquid crystals in the nematic phase-observation of a new self-assembly pattern at the twist-bend nematic and the nematic interface (2014)
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Balachandran, R., Panov, V. P., Panarin, Y. P., Vij, J. K., Tamba, M. G., Mehl, G. H., & Song, J. K. (2014). Flexoelectric behavior of bimesogenic liquid crystals in the nematic phase-observation of a new self-assembly pattern at the twist-bend nematic and the nematic interface. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2(38), 8179-8184. https://doi.org/10.1039/c4tc01043d

Flexoelectric properties - the effective flexoelectric coefficient and flexoelectric polarization - are investigated for a bimesogenic liquid crystal CBC11CB with a twist bend nematic phase (Ntb). Results show that the effective flexoelectric coeffic... Read More about Flexoelectric behavior of bimesogenic liquid crystals in the nematic phase-observation of a new self-assembly pattern at the twist-bend nematic and the nematic interface.

The design and investigation of nanocomposites containing dimeric nematogens and liquid crystal gold nanoparticles with plasmonic properties showing a nematic-nematic phase transition (Nᵤ-Nₓ/Ntb) (2014)
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Tamba, M.-G., Yu, C. H., Tang, B. J., Welch, C., Kohlmeier, A., Schubert, C. P., & Mehl, G. H. (2014). The design and investigation of nanocomposites containing dimeric nematogens and liquid crystal gold nanoparticles with plasmonic properties showing a nematic-nematic phase transition (Nᵤ-Nₓ/Ntb). Materials, 7(5), 3494-3511. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma7053494

The construction of liquid crystal compositions consisting of the dimeric liquid crystal, CB_C9_CB (cyanobiphenyl dimer = 1",9"-bis(4-cyanobiphenyl-4'-yl)nonane), and the range of nematic systems is explored. The materials include a laterally functio... Read More about The design and investigation of nanocomposites containing dimeric nematogens and liquid crystal gold nanoparticles with plasmonic properties showing a nematic-nematic phase transition (Nᵤ-Nₓ/Ntb).