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Understanding the twist-bend nematic phase: the characterisation of 1-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yloxy)-6-(4-cyanobiphenyl-4′-yl) hexane (CB6OCB) and comparison with CB7CB DA Paterson, M Gao, YK Kim, A Jamali, KL Finley, B Robles-Hernández, ... Soft Matter 12 (32), 6827-6840, 2016 | 214 | 2016 |
A shape model for molecular ordering in nematics A Ferrarini, GJ Moro, PL Nordio, GR Luckhurst Molecular Physics 77 (1), 1-15, 1992 | 173 | 1992 |
Crucial role of molecular curvature for the bend elastic and flexoelectric properties of liquid crystals: mesogenic dimers as a case study M Cestari, E Frezza, A Ferrarini, GR Luckhurst Journal of Materials Chemistry 21 (33), 12303-12308, 2011 | 147 | 2011 |
Molecular geometry, twist-bend nematic phase and unconventional elasticity: a generalised Maier–Saupe theory C Greco, GR Luckhurst, A Ferrarini Soft Matter 10 (46), 9318-9323, 2014 | 140 | 2014 |
Simple molecular model for induced cholesteric phases A Ferrarini, GJ Moro, PL Nordio Physical Review E 53 (1), 681, 1996 | 133 | 1996 |
Chiral Nematic Phase of Suspensions of Rodlike Viruses: Left-Handed Phase Helicity<? format?> from a Right-Handed Molecular Helix F Tombolato, A Ferrarini, E Grelet Physical review letters 96 (25), 258302, 2006 | 127 | 2006 |
Controlling chirality with helix inversion in cholesteric liquid crystals N Katsonis, E Lacaze, A Ferrarini Journal of materials chemistry 22 (15), 7088-7097, 2012 | 126 | 2012 |
Shape model for ordering properties of molecular dopants inducing chiral mesophases A Ferrarini, GJ Moro, PL Nordio Molecular Physics 87 (2), 485-499, 1996 | 116 | 1996 |
Understanding the unusual transitional behaviour of liquid crystal dimers A Ferrarini, GR Luckhurst, PL Nordio, SJ Roskilly Chemical physics letters 214 (3-4), 409-417, 1993 | 106 | 1993 |
Prediction of the transitional properties of liquid crystal dimers. A molecular field calculation based on the surface tensor parametrization A Ferrarini, GR Luckhurst, PL Nordio, SJ Roskilly The Journal of chemical physics 100 (2), 1460-1469, 1994 | 101 | 1994 |
Photoinduced reorganization of motor-doped chiral liquid crystals: bridging molecular isomerization and texture rotation A Bosco, MGM Jongejan, R Eelkema, N Katsonis, E Lacaze, A Ferrarini, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (44), 14615-14624, 2008 | 98 | 2008 |
Broken helix in vesicle and micelle-bound α-synuclein: Insights from site-directed spin labeling-EPR experiments and MD simulations M Bortolus, F Tombolato, I Tessari, M Bisaglia, S Mammi, L Bubacco, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (21), 6690-6691, 2008 | 94 | 2008 |
Entropy-driven chiral order in a system of achiral bent particles C Greco, A Ferrarini Physical review letters 115 (14), 147801, 2015 | 93 | 2015 |
Chiral doping of nematic phases and its application to the determination of absolute configuration S Pieraccini, A Ferrarini, GP Spada Chirality: The Pharmacological, Biological, and Chemical Consequences of …, 2008 | 91 | 2008 |
Understanding the distinctive elastic constants in an oxadiazole bent-core nematic liquid crystal S Kaur, J Addis, C Greco, A Ferrarini, V Görtz, JW Goodby, HF Gleeson Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics 86 (4 …, 2012 | 85 | 2012 |
Understanding the dependence of the transitional properties of liquid crystal dimers on their molecular geometry A Ferrarini, GR Luckhurst, PL Nordio, SJ Roskilly Liquid crystals 21 (3), 373-382, 1996 | 84 | 1996 |
Dynamics of the nitroxide side chain in spin-labeled proteins F Tombolato, A Ferrarini, JH Freed The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110 (51), 26248-26259, 2006 | 81 | 2006 |
Correlation between molecular structure and helicity of induced chiral nematics in terms of short-range and electrostatic− induction interactions. The case of chiral biphenyls A di Matteo, SM Todd, G Gottarelli, G Solladié, VE Williams, RP Lemieux, ... Journal of the American Chemical Society 123 (32), 7842-7851, 2001 | 81 | 2001 |