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High-Contrast and Fast Photorheological Switching of a Twist-Bend Nematic Liquid Crystal
Published on: October 31, 2019
Tilting and twisting in a novel perovzalate, K3NaMn(C2O4)3
Xiaolong He1, Xinyuan Zhang2, Bifa Ji3
1Functional Thin Films Research Center, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China. wj.yao@siat.ac.cn tangyb@siat.ac.cn and Nano Science and Technology Institute, University of Science and Technology of China, Suzhou 215123, China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, the oxalate ligand simultaneously bridges both Mn-centred and Na-centred octahedra to produce a unique 'doubly-interpenetrated' perovskite-like lattice with an unconventional octahedral tilt system. In turn, the coordination requirements of the oxalate ligand lead to a rare 'twisted' conformation.
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