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  • Nematic liquid crystals with polar order bear great potential for many applications but their rational design is difficult. Mandle et al. outline a set of design principles for this new phase of matter, guided by experiments and simulation, showing polar order to be driven by steric interactions.

    • Richard J. Mandle
    • Nerea Sebastián
    • Alenka Mertelj
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 12, P: 1-12

  • The spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry in ferroelectric nematic systems has opened new avenues for exploring exotic textures in liquid crystalline ferromagnets. Authors reveal that the polar smectic phase coexisting with a chiral ferroelectric nematic is itself helical, exhibits pseudo-ferrielectric switching, and shows both first- and second-order helix formation, with pre-transitional helices emerging in the nematic phase.

    • Jordan Hobbs
    • Calum J. Gibb
    • Richard. J. Mandle
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 16, P: 1-11

  • Spontaneous symmetry breaking and emergent polar order are key to liquid crystal phase behaviour. This study reveals two new polar liquid states with lamellar structures, providing novel insights into electrical analogues of magnetic spin structures.

    • Calum J. Gibb
    • Jordan Hobbs
    • Richard. J. Mandle
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 15, P: 1-9

  • Forest fragmentation is thought to reduce carbon storage at forest edges. Here, using remote sensing datasets, the authors show that biomass is 25% lower within 500 m of the forest edge, and suggest that fragmentation results in a global reduction in tropical forest carbon stocks by nearly 10%.

    • Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer
    • Ivan Ramler
    • Henry King
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 6, P: 1-6

  • Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystals (FNLCs) have potential in applications due to their unique combination of fluidity, spontaneous polarization, large dielectric permittivity, and second-order non-linear optical properties. Sebastián et al. show the patterning of electric polarization in FNLCs by photoalignment which exploit flexoelectric coupling between polarization and splay director deformations.

    • Nerea Sebastián
    • Matija Lovšin
    • Alenka Mertelj
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Communications
    Volume: 14, P: 1-10

  • Bringing together multiple models and databases on nature’s contributions to people, the authors map these contributions globally and determine the critical areas where their magnitude is the highest and where they provide the highest potential human benefit.

    • Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer
    • Rachel A. Neugarten
    • Reg A. Watson
    ResearchOpen Access
    Nature Ecology & Evolution
    Volume: 7, P: 51-61

  • The direct impact of companies’ physical assets on the environment can be estimated from global maps of ecosystem services and biodiversity to understand companies’ nature-related risks and opportunities, according to an assessment of more than 2000 global companies.

    • Lisa Mandle
    • Andrew Shea
    • Mayur Patel
    ResearchOpen Access
    Communications Earth & Environment
    Volume: 5, P: 1-11