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Professor Kenneth Johnson Toyne 1937–2011 (2011)
Journal Article
Hird, M. (2011). Professor Kenneth Johnson Toyne 1937–2011. Liquid crystals, 38(11-12), 1359-1360. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2011.622612

The life and research activities and achievements of Professor Kenneth Johnson Toyne are discussed in this obituary.

Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications (2011)
Journal Article
Hird, M. (2011). Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications. Liquid crystals, 38(11-12), 1467-1493. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2011.625126

Molecular chirality confers the necessary reduced symmetry to tilted smectic liquid crystals and disordered crystals to generate ferroelectric properties. By definition, ferroelectrics are materials that possess a spontaneous polarisation in the abse... Read More about Ferroelectricity in liquid crystals—materials, properties and applications.