000637986 001__ 637986 000637986 005__ 20250910103501.0 000637986 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1002/smll.202506651 000637986 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1613-6810 000637986 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1613-6829 000637986 037__ $$aPUBDB-2025-03955 000637986 082__ $$a620 000637986 1001_ $$aMaksym, Andriy Z.$$b0 000637986 245__ $$aSelf‐Assembly of Bent‐Core Nematics in Nanopores 000637986 260__ $$aWeinheim$$bWiley-VCH$$c2025 000637986 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000637986 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000637986 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1757492326_681331 000637986 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000637986 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000637986 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000637986 520__ $$aBent-core nematic liquid crystals exhibit unique properties, including giantflexoelectricity and polar electro-optic responses, making them ideal forenergy conversion and electro-optic applications. When confined innanopores, they can stabilize chiral nanostructures, enhance polar order, andenable defect-driven switching – offering potential in nanofluidics, sensing,and adaptive optics. The thermotropic ordering of the bent-core dimer CB7CBconfined in anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) and silica membranes withprecisely engineered cylindrical nanochannels – ranging from just a fewnanometers to several hundred nanometers–is examined. These well-alignednanochannels enable high-resolution polarimetry studies of opticalanisotropy, revealing how geometric confinement affects molecularorganization and phase behavior. Under weak confinement, CB7CB forms alayered heterophase structure, with nematic, splay-bent, and twist-bentheliconical phases likely arranged concentrically. As confinement increases, aLandau-de Gennes analysis shows that ordered phases are suppressed,leaving only a paranematic phase under strong spatial constraints.Remarkably, temperature-dependent changes in optical birefringence underconfinement closely resemble those seen under applied electric fields,revealing a parallel between geometric and electro-optic effects. 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