title: The dependency of twist-bend nematic liquid crystals on molecular structure: a progression from dimers to trimers, oligomers and polymers.
abstract: This article gives an overview on recent developments concerning the twist-bend nematic phase. The twist-bend nematic phase has been discussed as the missing link between the uniaxial nematic mesophase (N) and the helical chiral nematic phase (N*). After an introduction discussing the key physical properties of the NTBphase and the methods used to identify the twist-bend nematic mesophase this review focuses on structure property relationships and molecular features that govern the incidence of this phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK. richard.mandle@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Richard J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9816-9661
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Mandle