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2023
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N. Podoliak, P. Salamon, L. Lejček, P. Kužel, and V. Novotná

Undulations of smectic a layers in achiral liquid crystals manifested as stripe textures.

Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 228101 (2023).
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A. Bubnov, M. Cigl, S. Mironov, M. Otruba, D. Penkov, O. Pacherová, Z. Bohmová, and V. Hamplová

The correlations between the molecular core structure and mesomorphic behaviour for chiral liquid crystals with several (S)-lactate groups

J. Mol. Liq. 387, 122590 (2023).
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M. Cigl, N. Podoliak, T. Landovský, D. Repček, P. Kužel, and V. Novotná

Giant permittivity in dimethylamino-terminated ferroelectric nematogens

J. Mol. Liq. 385, 122360 (2023).
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K. Strójwąs, R. Dąbrowski, W. Drzewiński, M. Szarek, A. Bubnov, and M. Czerwiński

The comparison of self-assembling behaviour of phenyl biphenylate and biphenylyl benzoate compounds with the different length and shape of chiral terminal chain

J. Mol. Liq. 369, 120882 (2023).
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A. Bobrovsky, V. Shibaev, M. Cigl, V. Hamplová, and A. Bubnov

Fast photo- and electro-optical switching of the polymer-stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal composite prepared by the template method

Liq. Cryst. 50, 1 (2023).
2022
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A. Poryvai, M. Šmahel, M. Švecová, A. Nemati, S. Shadpour, P. Ulbrich, T. Ogolla, J. Liu, V. Novotná, M. Veverka, J. Vejpravová, T. Hegmann, and M. Kohout

Chiral, magnetic, and photosensitive liquid crystalline nanocomposites based on multifunctional nanoparticles and achiral liquid crystals.

ACS Nano 16, 11833 (2022).
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H.-H. Chen, M. Cigl, C.-T. Cheng, K.A. Bogdanowicz, A. Iwan, N. Podoliak, P. Vaňkátová, V. Hamplová, K. Dysz, W. Przybył, P. Nitschke, E. Schab-Balcerzak, D. Pociecha, and A. Bubnov

Self-assembling discotic materials with low symmetry for organic photovoltaics

J. Mol. Liq. 354, 118868 (2022).
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A. Smekhova, V. Novotná, L. Fekete, R. Abrudan, M. Fondell, V. Hamplová, and B. Ostrovskii

Ultra-short helix pitch and spiral ordering in cholesteric liquid crystal revealed by resonant soft X-ray scattering

Soft Matter 18, 89 (2022).
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L. Lejček, L. Fekete, and V. Novotná

Twist-grain boundary phase characterized by AFM technique.

Liq. Cryst. 49, 1879 (2022).
2021
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V.Novotná, L. Lejček, V. Hamplová, and J. Vejpravová

Defect structures of magnetic nanoparticles in smectic a liquid crystals.

Molecules 26, 5717 (2021).
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N. Podoliak, M. Cigl, V. Hamplová, D. Pociecha, and V. Novotná

Multichiral liquid crystals based on terphenyl core laterally substituted by chlorine atom

J. Mol. Liq. 336, 116267 (2021).
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A. Boychuk, V.P. Shibaev, M. Cigl, K. Pomeisl, V. Hamplová, D. Pociecha, A. Bubnov, and A. Bobrovsky

Photo-orientation processes in liquid crystalline polymethacrylates with side azobenzene groups having lateral methyl substituents

Macromolecules 54, 10466 (2021).
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E. Dmochowska, J. Herman, M. Czerwiński, S. Stulov, A. Bubnov, and P. Kula

Self-assembling behaviour of chiral calamitic monoacrylates targeted for polymer stabilisation of polar smectic phases in chiral liquid crystals

J. Mol. Liq. 331, 115723 (2021).
2020
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A. Bobrovsky, S. Svyakhovskiy, A. Bogdanov, V. Shibaev, M. Cigl, V. Hamplová, and A. Bubnov

Photocontrollable photonic crystals based on porous silicon filled with photochromic liquid crystalline mixture

Adv. Opt. Mater. 22, 2001267 (2020).
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M. Šmahel, A. Poryvai, Y. Xiang, D. Pociecha, T. Troha, V. Novotná, J. Svoboda, and M. Kohout,

Photosensitive bent-core nematic liquid crystals with various linking units in the side arms: Structure-properties relationships

J. Mol. Liq. 306, 112743 (2020).
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A. Bubnov, A. Bobrovsky, I. Rychetský, L. Fekete, and V. Hamplová,

Self-assembling behavior of smart nanocomposite system: ferroelectric liquid crystal confined by stretched porous polyethylene film

Nanomaterials 10, 1498 (2020).
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M. Cigl, R. Jurok, F. Hampl, J. Svoboda, N. Podoliak, V. Novotná,

Lateral substituted phenyl biphenylcarboxylates ‒ non-chiral analogues of ferroelectric liquid crystals

Liq. Cryst. 47, 768 (2020).
2019
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V. Novotná, V. Hamplová, L. Lejček, D. Pociecha, M. Cigl, L. Fekete, M. Glogarová, L. Bednárová, P. Majewski, and E. Gorecka,

Organic nanotubes created from mesogenic derivatives.

Nanoscale Adv. 1, 2835 (2019).
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S. Chakraborty, M. K. Das, A. Bubnov, W. Weissflog, D. Węgłowska, and R. Dabrowski,

Induced frustrated twist grain boundary liquid crystalline phases in binary mixtures of achiral hockey stick-shaped and chiral rod-like materials

J. Mater. Chem. C 7, 10530 (2019).
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A. Poryvai, A. Bubnov, D. Pociecha, J. Svoboda, and M. Kohout,

The effect of the length of terminal n-alkyl carboxylate chain on self-assembling and photosensitive properties of chiral lactic acid derivatives

J. Mol. Liq. 275, 829 (2019).
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K. Kurp, M. Tykarska, P. Salamon, M. Czerwiński, and A. Bubnov,

Design of functional multicomponent liquid crystalline mixtures with nano-scale pitch fulfilling deformed helix ferroelectric mode demands

J. Mol. Liq. 290, 111329 (2019).
2018
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A. Bubnov, C. Vacek, M. Czerwiński, T. Vojtylová, W. Piecek, and V. Hamplová,

Design of polar self-assembling lactic acid derivatives with the keto group possessing sub-micrometre helical pitch

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 9, 333 (2018).
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M. Żurowska, M. Szala, J. Dziaduszek, P. Morawiak, and A. Bubnov,

Effect of lateral fluorine substitution far from the chiral center on mesomorphic behaviour of highly titled antiferroelectric (S) and (R) enantiomers

J. Mol. Liq. 267, 504 (2018).
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M. Horčic J. Svoboda, V. Novotná, D. Pociecha, and E. Gorecka,

Bent-core dimers with top-to-bottom linkage between central units

RSC Adv. 8 22974 (2018).
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S.N. Sulyanov, P.V. Dorovatovskii, A.Y. Bobrovsky, V.P. Shibaev, B.I. Ostrovskii, M. Cigl, V. Hamplová, and A. Bubnov,

Mesomorphic and structural properties of photosensitive liquid crystalline side-chain polymethacrylates: from smectic C* to columnar phases

Liq. Cryst. 45, 1 (2018).
2017
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M. Horčic, J. Svoboda, V. Novotná, D. Pociecha, and E. Gorecka,

Core-to-core dimers forming switchable mesophase

Chem. Commun. 53, 2721 (2017).
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M. Kohout, M. Alaasar, A. Poryvai, V. Novotná, S. Poppe, C. Tschierske, and J. Svoboda,

Photosensitive bent-core liquid crystals based on methyl substituted 3-hydroxybenzoic acid

RSC Adv. 7, 35805 (2017).
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K.Bajzíková, J. Svoboda, V. Novotná, D. Pociecha, and E. Gorecka,

Bent-core mesogens with an aromatic unit at the terminal position

New J. Chem. 41, 4672 (2017).
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L. Lejček, V. Novotná, and M. Glogarová,

Nucleation of filaments of the TGBA phase in free-standing films

Liq. Cryst. 44, 1 (2017).
2016
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K. Bajzíková, M. Kohout, J. Tarábek, J. Svoboda, V. Novotná, J. Vejpravová, D. Pociecha, and E. Gorecka,

All-organic liquid crystalline radicals with a spin unit in the outer position of a bent-core system

J. Mater. Chem. C 4, 11540 (2016).
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A. Bubnov, A. Iwan, M. Cigl, B. Boharewicz, I. Tazbir, K. Wójcik, A. Sikora, and V. Hamplová,

Photosensitive self-assembling materials as functional dopants for organic photovoltaic cells

RSC Adv. 6, 11577 (2016).
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V. Novotná, A. Bobrovsky, V. Shibaev, D. Pociecha, M. Kašpar, and V. Hamplová,

Synthesis, phase behaviour and photooptical properties of bent-core methacrylate with azobenzene group and corresponding side-chain polymethacrylate

RSC Adv. 6, 65747 (2016).
2015
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V. Novotná, M. Glogarová, M. Kašpar, V. Hamplová, L. Lejcek, and D. Pociecha,

Unique effect of the electric field on a new liquid crystalline lactic acid derivative

Soft Matter 11, 4649 (2015).
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A. Bobrovsky, V. Shibaev, V. Hamplová, V. Novotná and M. Kašpar,

Photochromic and fluorescent LC gels based on a bent-shaped azobenzene-containing gelator

RSC Adv. 5, 56891 (2015).
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L. Lejcek, V. Novotná, and M. Glogarová,

Filaments in the twist-grain-boundary smectic A phase

Phys. Rev. E 92, 032505 (2015).
2014
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L. Lejcek, V. Novotná, and M. Glogarová,

Molecular tilt near nanoparticles in the smectic A phase of de Vries liquid-crystalline compound

Phys. Rev. E 89, 012505 (2014).
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V. Domenici, J. Milavec, A. Bubnov, D. Pociecha, B. Zupančič, A. Rešetič, V. Hamplová, E. Gorecka, and B. Zalar,

Effect of co-monomers’ relative concentration on self-assembling behaviour of side-chain liquid crystalline elastomers

RSC Adv. 4, 44056 (2014).
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N. Podoliak, V. Novotná, M. Kašpar, V. Hamplová, M. Glogarová, and D. Pociecha,

Anomalous phase sequence in new chiral liquid crystalline materials

Liq. Cryst. 41, 176 (2014).
2013
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A. Bobrovsky, V. Shibaev, A. Bubnov, V. Hamplová, M. Kašpar, and M. Glogarová,

Effect of molecular structure on chiro-optical and photo-optical properties of smart liquid crystalline polyacrylates

Macromolecules 46(11), 4276 (2013).
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V. Novotná, J. Vejpravová, V. Hamplová, J. Prokleška, E. Gorecka, D. Pociecha, N. Podoliak, and M. Glogarová,

Nanocomposite of superparamagnetic maghemite nanoparticles and ferroelectric liquid crystal

RSC Adv. 3, 10919 (2013).
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V. Novotná, M. Glogarová, V. Kozmík, J. Svoboda, V. Hamplová, M. Kašpar, and D. Pociecha,

Frustrated phases induced in binary mixtures of hockey-stick and chiral rod-like mesogens

Soft Matter 9, 647 (2013).
2012 and older
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V. Novotná, M. Kašpar, V. Hamplová, N. Podoliak, M. Glogarová, and D. Pociecha,

Ferroelectric, antiferroelectric and TGB phases in lactic acid derivatives

Liq. Cryst. 39, 477 (2012).
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A. Bubnov, V. Domenici, V. Hamplová, M. Kašpar, and B. Zalar,

First liquid single crystal elastomer containing lactic acid derivative as chiral co-monomer: Synthesis and properties

Polymer 52, 4490 (2011).
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A. Bubnov, V. Novotná, D. Pociecha, M. Kašpar, V. Hamplová, G. Galli, and M. Glogarová,

Liquid crystalline co-polysiloxane with asymmetric bent-shaped side chains

Macromol. Chem. Phys. 212, 181 (2011).
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L. Lejcek, V. Novotná, M. Glogarová,

Stripe and line textures in the B2 phase of bent-shape molecules in samples with polar surface anchoring

Phys. Rev. E 84, 061701 (2011).
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V. Novotná, V. Hamplová, N. Podoliak, M. Kašpar, M. Glogarová, D. Pociecha, and E. Gorecka,

Chiral liquid crystalline compounds with a re-entrant SmA* phase

J. Mater. Chem. 21, 14807 (2011).
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M. Glogarová, F. Hampl, L. Lejcek, V. Novotná, J. Svoboda, and M. Cigl,

Experimental proof of symmetry breaking in tilted smectics composed of achiral molecules

J. Chem. Phys. 133, 221102 (2010).