Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Polar Fluids
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| author | Gibb, Calum Hobbs, Jordan Nikolova, Diana Raistrick, Tom Gleeson, Helen Mandle, Richard |
| author_facet | Gibb, Calum Hobbs, Jordan Nikolova, Diana Raistrick, Tom Gleeson, Helen Mandle, Richard |
| contents | Spontaneous symmetry breaking and emergent polar order are each of fundamental importance to a range of scientific disciplines, as well as generating rich phase behaviour in liquid crystals (LCs). Here, we show the union of these phenomena to lead to two previously undiscovered polar liquid states of matter. Both phases have a lamellar structure with an inherent polar ordering of their constituent molecules. The first of these phases is characterised by polar order and a local tilted structure; the tilt direction precesses about a helix orthogonal to the layer normal, the period of which is such that we observe selective reflection of light. The second new phase type is anti-ferroelectric, with the constituent molecules aligning orthogonally to the layer normal. This has led us to term the phases the SmC_P^H and SmAAF phases, respectively. Further to this, we obtain room temperature ferroelectric nematic (NF) and SmC_P^Hphases via binary mixture formulation of the novel materials described here with a standard NF compound (DIO), with the resultant materials having melting points (and/or glass transitions) which are significantly below ambient temperature. |
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| spellingShingle | Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Polar Fluids Gibb, Calum Hobbs, Jordan Nikolova, Diana Raistrick, Tom Gleeson, Helen Mandle, Richard Soft Condensed Matter Spontaneous symmetry breaking and emergent polar order are each of fundamental importance to a range of scientific disciplines, as well as generating rich phase behaviour in liquid crystals (LCs). Here, we show the union of these phenomena to lead to two previously undiscovered polar liquid states of matter. Both phases have a lamellar structure with an inherent polar ordering of their constituent molecules. The first of these phases is characterised by polar order and a local tilted structure; the tilt direction precesses about a helix orthogonal to the layer normal, the period of which is such that we observe selective reflection of light. The second new phase type is anti-ferroelectric, with the constituent molecules aligning orthogonally to the layer normal. This has led us to term the phases the SmC_P^H and SmAAF phases, respectively. Further to this, we obtain room temperature ferroelectric nematic (NF) and SmC_P^Hphases via binary mixture formulation of the novel materials described here with a standard NF compound (DIO), with the resultant materials having melting points (and/or glass transitions) which are significantly below ambient temperature. |
| title | Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Polar Fluids |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07305 |