Alshammari, Ahlam Falah AZattarin, AmerigoPearson, AbigailCruickshank, EwanMajewska, MagdalenaPociecha, DamianStorey, John M. D.Gorecka, EwaImrie, Corrie T.Walker, Rebecca2025-04-222025-04-222024-04-18Alshammari, A F A, Zattarin, A, Pearson, A, Cruickshank, E, Majewska, M, Pociecha, D, Storey, J M D, Gorecka, E, Imrie, C T & Walker, R 2024, 'Heliconical nematic and smectic phases : the synthesis and characterisation of the CB4O.m and CB8O.m series', Liquid Crystals, vol. 51, no. 13-14, pp. 2300-2312. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2024.23343420267-8292ORCID: /0000-0002-5261-5467/work/183073146ORCID: /0000-0001-6497-5243/work/189637424ORCID: /0000-0001-5167-7183/work/190041201https://hdl.handle.net/2164/25352Acknowledgments A. F. A. wishes to thank the Ministry of Education and the University of Hail, Saudi Arabia, through the Cultural Bureau of Saudi Arabia, London, for their financial support during the study period. The research was supported by the National Science Centre (Poland) under grant no. 2021/43/B/ST5/00240. The beamline 11.0.1.2 at the Advanced Light Source at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is supported by the Director of the Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02- 05CH11231.138860561engheliconical smectic phasestwist-bend smecticstwist-bend nematic phasecyanobiphenylsliquid crystal dimersQD ChemistrySupplementary InformationQDJournal article10.1080/02678292.2024.23343425113